In the days of segregation, my mother, my father, and a young baseball player named Billy provided me with a lesson in race relations that I’ll never forget. Race relations is about doing the right thing. Regardless of the color of our skin.
By Jim Whitt An up-and-coming band was playing bars throughout the south in the 1970s when a Macon, Georgia record producer decided they were good
By Jim Whitt Fishing brings to mind Rockwellian visions of barefoot boys lounging lazily on a creek bank with cane poles, a can of worms
By Jim Whitt I walked into an optometry shop looking for a new pair of glasses. I spotted someone who I thought was an employee
It’s easy to criticize, condemn and complain. That leads to finger pointing and often escalates into a volatile situation where everyone loses. We can deescalate a volatile situation by learning the power of six magic words. People complain that things need to change. Yet, they could be the change they’d like to see. It’s amazing how many problems can be resolved when we decide to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem.
By Jim Whitt On May 6, 1954 Roger Bannister ran a mile in 3:59.4 minutes. That’s no big deal if you consider the fact that
By Jim Whitt If you were going to build the largest hotel in North America, where would you build it? The logical thing to do
I was on the phone this week with Noel Ledermann, a longtime reader who told me that he has shared the following article with many
By Jim Whitt When I hired on as a pen rider at Wheatheart Feeders in 1972 there were roughly 20 cowboys and 60 company horses.
Zig Ziglar passed away at age 86 yesterday. Zig may have influenced more people in the sales profession than any other person. When I started
By Jim Whitt As a young salesman with the Ralston Purina Company I pulled into a drive leading to a farmhouse in the Oklahoma panhandle.
The following was originally published January 22, 2001 By Sondra Whitt When we develop a habit or routine, we’re creating a neurological pathway in our
By Jim Whitt You’ve probably heard of the 80/20 rule of business — 20% of your customers account for 80% of your revenue. So, you
By Jim Whitt “A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.” — Dan Rather My friend
By Jim Whitt Years ago I attended a writer’s conference where the attendees consisted of people who wanted to be writers and a few people
By Jim Whitt One morning three years ago a violinist stood on the platform of a subway station in Washington D.C. and performed six classical
By Jim Whitt Three years ago Nouriel Roubini played the role of a modern-day John the Baptist — a voice crying in the economic wilderness.
By Jim Whitt In The Treasure of Sierra Madre, Humphrey Bogart plays the role of Fred C. Dobbs, a down-on-his-luck American in Mexico during the
By Jim Whitt I was meeting with a business associate at a coffee house one day and the music was so loud we were about
By Jim Whitt I like heavy starch in my jeans. Not my everyday jeans but my Sunday-go-to-meeting jeans. The ones I wear for important occasions
By Gerald Daniels Charlie’s determination at work is evident to all who know him. His ability to complete most any work- related task in a