If you don’t take the time to identify and define your vision for your life, you’re risking never knowing where you want to be or when you arrive. About a millennium ago, when I was in high school, I met a guy named John Hicks. John and I discovered we each had a mutual love […]
“Ask your questions wherever you can, to whomever you can, and by whatever means available.” Charles Marshall © 2013 Charles Marshall. Excerpt from The Seven Powers of Success
Here are a few fun pics from my time onstage at a recent event. Thanks to the kind folks at Avondale School District for providing these!
Integrity is doing the right thing when you don’t have to—when no one else is looking or will ever know—when there will be no congratulations or recognition for having done so. Where is the man who will do the right thing, no matter what the cost? Is there anyone who will act in integrity even […]
“You won’t find the answer unless you believe it exists.” Charles Marshall © 2013 Charles Marshall. Excerpt from The Seven Powers of Success
Deep within you, buried far down in your soul, is an iron will, a piece of steel that you can access anytime you reach deep enough. It will lend you the strength to persist until you are victorious. Harden your will. Strengthen your resolve. Put one foot in front of the other until you have […]
A number of years ago I sat in a Shoney’s restaurant with Joey and Herb discussing the challenges of running a non-profit organization. Both Joey and I had started charitable organizations but neither of us was very successful at getting contributors. The mood at the table was sour at best. I sensed that Joey was […]
“Program yourself to innovate.” Charles Marshall © 2013 Charles Marshall. Excerpt from The Seven Powers of Success
A serious man in a dark laboratory contemplates a small vial of liquid briefly before upending the contents into his mouth. Almost immediately after swallowing the concoction, his face contorts in spasms of unthinkable pain. Slowly, his countenance begins to contort, transforming by degree into a grotesque mask of evil incarnate. Dr. Jekyll has once […]
How bad can a lack of integrity affect your life? On a warm day in early November, I heard the sound of chainsaws in my neighbor’s yard, so I wandered outside to find that he had hired a company to cut down some trees. One of the tree cutters was cutting limbs halfway up a […]
