Jerry R Mitchell’s Blog

Words cannot convey my gratitude for your response to my daughters request for birthday messages for my book of memories on my 70th birthday. You can have no idea how much it means to me. Thanks for providing me the opportunity to be all that I am capable of being and for recharging my battery.
I [...]

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They’re what life throws at people who set goals. They can slow you down. They can discourage you. They can even stop you. Faced with an obstacle, the timid run, hide, make excuses and quit. The committed take an obstacle and savor it. They let it fuel their commitment and turn up the heat on [...]

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Please accept my best wishes for the New Year.   This is a season when many
of us take stock of our past, while we also plan for the future.
Its time to usher in the New Year in style. New Year is one occasion that is
celebrated all over the world, irrespective of religion or country. A New
Year [...]

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Christmas is for most of us a time for a break from work, for family and
friends, for presents, turkey. But we should not lose sight of the fact that
these are traditional celebrations around a great religious festival, one of
the most important in the Christian year.
Christmas is a busy season. Streets and stores are filled with [...]

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It was Aristotle the discoverer of the laws of logic, the principles of thought, who said that “a friend is that other person in whom one sees himself”—ones values reflected in the person of another. I have always believed that people who find my philosophy interesting and attractive share a certain mutuality of values with [...]

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George R. Mitchell
April 23,1909- July 26,1976
Fathers Day is a day to remember the man who has taught me guided me and
instilled wisdom in me my entire life.
I was lucky to have had an amazing, loving, giving, and caring father.
There are several reasons why I am glad you were my father.  You made my
years of childhood [...]

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I was sitting in the lounge of a nearly empty restaurant recently in Boston with two former associates, reminiscing about the “good old days” and the wonderful business team we had back then. When one of them speculated about what it would be like to pull that team back together again, I instinctively remarked: “It [...]

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This morning I had a long conversation with a young entrepreneur about the perception of reality and how it relates to accomplishment. I believe that your perception is strongly influenced by how you feel about your ability to make changes in your life. If you feel helpless, you won’t be able to see the possibility [...]

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When I was a youngster, a neighborhood bully made life miserable for me. He would kick my bicycle or run off with my baseball mitt, anything to be annoying. He acted tough, and I was afraid of him. One day, however, my patience ran out, and I lit into him. Much to my surprise and [...]

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Mentoring isn’t common in Corporate America, and that’s too bad. It made a great difference in my life. There were a few people who took a genuine interest in my development and stuck with me. Without them, I probably wouldn’t be where I am today.
Throughout my career I’ve tried to follow the example my mentors [...]

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