Friends, Ginger Beebe of Arkansas said what I think most of us were thinking: “it is incredibly inspiring to hear each of you speak.â€Â We were at the National Governors Association annual meeting and first spouses had each taken a few minutes to describe their current initiatives. The breadth, imagination and enthusiasm were amazing to … Continued
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Friends, Ever find yourself getting “hooked?” I’m not talking hockey. And I’m not talking the oldest profession on earth. I’m talking about when someone has a way of sending your blood pressure through the roof, and of “making you” do things you don’t want to do, say things you don’t want to say, and … Continued
Friends, A quick announcement: If you’ve been a listener of the Dan Mulhern Show on the Michigan Talk Network, see the news flash below today’s RFL A universal value for leaders in our times should be this: continuously work to generate independent thinking among those you lead. Kids. Staff. Parishioners, Students. Bosses. You name ‘em. … Continued