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Actions speak louder than words, so does body language

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[Looking at history and our area’s unique political and religious attitudes.]   “What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” Variations of this quote are attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson about 1841 and had migrated to the listed iteration by 1900 in a sermon by John Barnett Donaldson. My grandmothers…

Retirement Readiness as a company benefit for employees

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As I look around most of my high school classmates are already or soon to be retired. Some are well prepared, most are not. Many of my friends are at the stage when retirement is heavy on their minds. Retirement readiness programs are a strategic investment for companies and a lifeline for older employees nearing…

Socialism would be disastrous for Oklahoma, America

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Why would a sharp turn to socialism be bad for the United States? There are multiple reasons. Karl Marx, the founding father of Marxism, was wrong about everything he predicted. Marx was convinced that the idea of separate countries would eventually fade into a one-world government.  He believed that capitalism would fail as a result…

Three letter agencies are not immune to executive action

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[Looking at history and our area’s unique political and religious attitudes.]   Three letter agencies. What are they? Various monikers are used including permanent bureaucracy, deep state, shadow government, and other more pejorative terms. How did they come about? President Woodrow Wilson began the idea of a permanent government outside of the political apparatus. There…

Wise Leaders spend time working “On” their business

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As an executive coach, my role is to help the leader develop the habit of working “on” the business more than “in” the business. Part of our first conversation each time we meet is to ask how they are working on the business. It keeps them focused and far more productive. Most agree that this…

Big, progressive newspapers are paying a price for their bias

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Big newspapers are having a tough time these days and in most cases, it’s their own fault. The Tulsa World recently got sold again. Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway sold the paper because it didn’t make as much money as they thought it would. That was indicated by the sales price. Buffett, a financial genius,…

The National Weather Service and severe weather

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[Looking at history and our area’s unique political and religious attitudes.] It is February, the end of the holiday season, which begins in November, and the beginning of severe weather season in our region. We recently completed our annual trek to the National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Spotter Training. This is a program on how…

Living out our faith in the marketplace

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There is currently a strong movement for people of faith to bring God into their workplace. This is not new, but glad we are seeing a change in the marketplace for believers in Christ. I remember my father in his family practice medical office using his business as a place of worship. He believed that…

Sometimes war movies can provide a good history lesson

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For some reason, there has been a rash of war movies released in the past few months. I have always had a keen interest in the history of warfare, especially World War II, since my late father, Harley Biggs, served in the Army in the European theater. I have seen some of these recent movies…

A relationship made in heaven to give us freedom

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[Looking at history and our area’s unique political and religious attitudes.]   “For 20 years I’ve gotten up every morning on my knees and prayed that God would put me in a position where I can end the childhood chronic disease epidemic in this country. On August 23rd of last year, God sent me President…