Last year Tom Scholz, leader of the legendary rock band Boston, found a new singer named Tommy DeCarlo, after Scholz overheard his wife listening to DeCarlo singing karaoke on MySpace. DeCarlo was a Home Depot employee who’d never even been in a band.
Then Journey found their new lead singer, Arnel Pineda, on YouTube. Now legendary band Yes has found its new singer, Benoit David, on YouTube.
Guess there’s a good reason they call it the World Wide Web.
It really tore me up to see Zig Ziglar suffering from dementia and memory loss Monday, but I didn’t put it in perspective until yesterday’s blog posting. In a world where everyone seems to be trying to replace absolute values with politically correct relativism (i.e. there is no right or wrong, just different ways of looking at everything), there are VERY, VERY few people left who I look up to, admire, respect, and trust to tell the truth and do the right thing, instead of always worrying about hurting somebody’s feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelings. Three of those men are Billy Graham, Paul Harvey, and Zig Ziglar. I know that they’re all going to be leaving this earth soon, and seeing Zig like that was a stark reminder.
I guess the good news is that another of the men on that short list is Dave Ramsey, who’s about my age and runs 5 miles a day. He ought to be around for many years to come. I just wish that list wasn’t so darn short
Paul Harvey reports this prayer from Billy Graham:
“ Heavenly Father, we come before You today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, ‘Woe to those who call evil good,’ but that is exactly what we have done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor’s possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. Amen!’
Yesterday I saw Zig Ziglar speak at Peter Lowe’s “Get Motivated” seminar in Nashville. He’s 81, but I wasn’t aware that he’s having some serious health problems, and was caught off guard. He took a tumble down some stairs last year, had shunt surgery last April to help with dementia, and is struggling with short-term memory loss.
I got choked up because I couldn’t stand to see such a giant among men struggling to remember his lines. But I rationalized by asking myself how a giant is supposed to exit the stage of life. He sat on a stool on stage while his daughter Julie interviewed him in front of 15,000 people.
Perhaps more than anyone, Mr. Ziglar understands that Work Is Not for Sissies. As he himself said yesterday, “I’m not going to ease up, let up, shut up or give up until I’m taken up.”
Peter is providing a private jet to fly Zig around the country for this series of seminars, and Zig remains the happiest human being alive. So I guess if he’s not sad, I shouldn’t be (easier said than done).
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Birthdays are SPECIAL, Glen, I celebrated my 72nd young birthday yesterday. I own my own company and will
never retire..life is too interesting and I still have aot to learn, that is why I enjoy your emails..I passyour information on to other friends and business owners..keep up the good work.
Fran Harring, Owner l
A Quick Sign & Nametag
Small Business of the Year
Brandon, Florida
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Glenn,
Happy 45th! Really enjoyed the photos!
As a small business owner your messages are truly inspiring. I’m a positive and optimistic person and come across so many individuals who are not. I want to thank you for your straight-forward approach coupled with uplifting comments and suggestions.
Wishing you many blessings,
Alisa P.
West Palm Beach, Florida
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Hi Glenn,
I did not get to send a Happy Birthday email, but wanted to wish you one now!! I agree that Birthdays are extra special and should be ALL ABOUT “YOU”! It looks like you did it right, and you definitely so deserve it!!
Thank you for all the encouragement, motivation and honest feedback throughout the year. As much as you do know, you will never completely know the impact that your words have and how they can give one the courage to keep tyring just one more day!!
Happy “Belated” Birthday,
Lynda Hornsby
Lake Charles, Lousiana
Glenn;
You look like a real happy guy !
I know that your spirit got a great charge from mother nature and her deep clear blue sea … yea !
And talking about great mother of all us… may you dedicate one or two “Work is not …” to the ecology as a “should” for every good business?
I wish you more happiness to spread around our world.
Guillermo
Monterrey, Mexico
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Glenn,
Thanks for the pictures. Glad you had a great time.
You are making a difference.
Continue being the leader with backbone and courage to say what has to be said.
Dr. Ralph Hillman
The Voice Doc
Murfreesboro, TN
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G-Man!
Hope you birthday was a s special as it looked! You deserve it!
You are a partner in my success! All the best.
Deliver Tennessee!
Dan Lenard
Buffalo, New York
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I have to say Glen – this made me smile – almost, but not quite as good, as being there! Many happy returns.
Terry McCann
On October 23rd, 2001, Apple introduced the iPod. In 2007, sold its 100,000,000th iPod.
Last week, Steve Jobs announced that Apple has reached its goal of selling 10,000,000 iPhones three months ahead of schedule.
So here’s an idea. Let’s fire everyone in Washington, and let Steve Jobs deal with Wall Street and the economy. He seems to understand both much better than Congress does.
Last week was the 25th anniversary of the first commercial cell phone, which sold for nearly $4,000 in 1983. Though prices have dropped and coverage is wider, I find it ironic that service isn’t that much better than it was a quarter of a century ago.
I thought this email was priceless. It’s in regards to this week’s quote, which was “”Good employees leave a vacuum when they’re gone, bad ones just suck while they’re with you.” Well done, Nancy!
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Hello Beautiful People!
I printed Les Campbell’s quote and taped it to my door. As our employees entered to receive their paychecks, something interesting happened. The Super employees read it and smiled or laughed. The lesser employees either didn’t get it or made negative comments.
Have a wonderful day!
Blessings!
Nancy