Archive for January, 2012

What you can learn about purpose from a HOG

By Jim Whitt My friend Don Riley sent me this email after the holidays: Hi Jim, Hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday season. I don’t know why it just popped into my head, but I have belonged to an organization for the past 10 years that epitomizes your purpose principle. The organization is called Harley Owners Group or HOG for short.  It was formed in 1983 by the Harley-Davidson Motor Company after the executives bought the company back from AMF. The purpose of Harley Owners Group has remained the same for 29 years.  The ONLY purpose of… Read More

January 24th, 2012 at 10:56pm

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PTSD: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or Purpose Taken Somewhere Distant?

By Jim Whitt In response to my December 14 issue entitled Lessons on PURPOSE from our armed forces, I received this email from my friend Fred Vocasek: Jim, My step-son served two tours in Iraq with the 82nd Airborne.  After hearing about the troop withdrawals earlier this month, he expressed concern about all of the young, returning troops.  He said they were coming back “all amped up” and had to adapt immediately to civilian life. It would be a dangerous time for them.  He was 29 and 30 when he returned from his two tours.  He watched the 19 and… Read More

January 15th, 2012 at 9:57pm

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