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Le Grand Docteur – Monroe Journal – Sept 7, 2023

Le Grand Docteur – Monroe Journal – Sept 7, 2023

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Sep 4, 2023 | Never Lose Heart, Success, Trail Blazer

“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know; the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.”                                          Albert Schweitzer September 5, 1965 – Lambarene, Gabon –...
Fifty Nine Years Later – Monroe Journal – March 16, 2017

Fifty Nine Years Later – Monroe Journal – March 16, 2017

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 3, 2022 | Chasing Your Dream, Gratitude, Success

“The bookends of success are starting and finishing.”    Dr. John Maxwell  2009, New York City: Pete Hamill, the distinguished Writer in Residence at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University made New York times “400 Most Influential New Yorkers...
Finishing – Monroe Journal – August 5, 2021

Finishing – Monroe Journal – August 5, 2021

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Aug 23, 2021 | Limitless Possibilities, Success, Underdogs

2005 – Fort Hays State University – Fort Hays, Kansas: Nola Ochs was cleaning out a closet when she discovered a brochure from Fort Hays State University. She sent them an email enquiring about her old transcript. Academic adviser, Joleen Briggs, finally found Och’s...
Big Hearted Bob – Monroe Journal – July 29, 2021

Big Hearted Bob – Monroe Journal – July 29, 2021

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Aug 20, 2021 | Compassion, Finding Hope, Success, Uncategorized

July 1999 – Belleville, Michigan: Tammy and Rusty Stafford had been expecting the letter. The company where Rusty had worked for more than two decades had been sold. Rusty didn’t have a retirement plan, but the big boss, Bob Thompson, had promised that everyone would...
Ft. Payne’s Sock Queen – Monroe Journal, July 14, 2016

Ft. Payne’s Sock Queen – Monroe Journal, July 14, 2016

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jan 5, 2018 | Never Give Up, Refusing to Quit, Success

In early 2008, Terry and Regina Locklear sat in the office at their sock mill, Emi-G Knitting, in Ft. Payne, Alabama, wondering what the future held for them. The mill was quiet, and except for a few key employees, all the workers were laid off. On the days the plant...
The F Word – Monroe Journal, August 11, 2016

The F Word – Monroe Journal, August 11, 2016

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 17, 2017 | Overcoming Failure, Success

No, not that F word – shame on some of you. Fail – it’s a four-letter word that we’re all too familiar with. We worry about doing it, do everything we can to avoid it, and when it happens it makes us feel downright awful about ourselves. It doesn’t matter what...
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