by Jeff Price | Mar 30, 2022 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Aviation Career, Basic Success Principles, Life & Career Success
Do you think it was a good thing that Captain Chesley Sullenberger had a flight plan on that day he landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River? Obviously, the flight plan did not call for an encounter with a flock of geese, nor a water landing but the...
by Jeff Price | Feb 5, 2020 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Basic Success Principles, Life & Career Success
So how does a guy who rides a board and hangs out with people that say “dude” a lot, have any wisdom for the high-powered corporate gods of Wall Street or the political wizards of Washington? Laird Hamilton in his book, Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul,...
by Jeff Price | Jan 15, 2016 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Aviation Career, Basic Success Principles, Employment and Achievement, Life & Career Success
“Aren’t there some jobs where it doesn’t matter if you’re there or not?” This was a question posed by a student the other day. It came during a discussion when I was encouraging my students to make a difference at every job they are at. My answer: yes, in fact every...
by Jeff Price | Mar 4, 2015 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Basic Success Principles, Happiness, Life & Career Success
Today, Father Jacob, one of the priests in our parish, gave an exceptional homily (sermon). Father Jacob is from India and I usually can’t understand his accent so I tend to check out a bit, but today was different. Today, the message was very clear. He talked...
by Jeff Price | Jul 30, 2014 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Basic Success Principles, Life & Career Success
If you want an audience to stop and listen with rapt attention, tell them a story. But not just any story. Remember the character Michelle, played by Alyson Hannigan, in the American Pie movies and her signature line, “this one time, at band camp..?” Out...
by Jeff Price | Jun 26, 2014 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Basic Success Principles, Life & Career Success
Anyone remember being told that by your parents? Eat your supper, kids in Africa are starving? Really? Name one. Turns out if you can name one, that kids gets a meal. “If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will,” Mother Theresa....