Picasso went outside the boundaries to forge a new perspective.
A few years back, I worked in Laguna Hills, a city that rims Interstate 5 and is best known for being the address of Leisure World and home to lots of nondescript mortgage and auto design firms. There wasn’t one thing remarkable about the town or my job.
Then one day, I wandered and wound my [...]
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In a typical day, the Rev. Ron Beams is as likely to counsel couples celebrating a double marriage ceremony as he is a woman about to undergo a double mastectomy.
For him, “Three Weddings and Funeral isn’t just a movie; in a single day he’s actually officiated at four such services, helping people celebrate and cope [...]
Another self-improvement article from the vault that LVO Publisher Peter Bennett wrote before the official launch of the paper. Looking back, these few months, we think it stands the test of time and deserves the light of day for a few days longer.
It being the start of football season, I can’t resist this story:
Frank Szymanski, a Notre Dame center in the 1940s was called as a witness in a civil case. He answered a series of questions.
“Son, are you on the Notre Dame football team this year?”
“Yes, your honor.”
“What position?”
“Center, your honor.”
“How good a center are you?”
Szymanski [...]
By Peter Bennett
“The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated,” said psychologist William James. In “Capital of the World,” Ernest Hemingway describes how deep-seated this need is. In Hemingway’s story, a father searches in vain for his son Paco who has run away from home. As a last resort, the broken-hearted father places [...]
Dodger great Tommy Lasorda drew an overflow crowd to Pelota Park.
When it comes to success, you can’t wing it. You have to plan and prepare like Lindy and all the great ones.
by Peter Bennett
Whether you believe God or the devil is in the details, you’re going to have to sweat the small stuff to be a winner in this world.
Swimmer Michael Phelps knows that mere “trifles” made him perfect at the Beijing Olympics. In his miraculous hundredth-of-a-second victory in the 100-meter butterfly, the seventh of his [...]
