How Valuable is Life?

How valuable is life?

How valuable is YOUR life? Better yet, how valuable is the life of the person you love the most?

Why does it make the news when workers are trapped in a coal mine? Why do we stare at the TV in shock when we learn an earthquake in China has killed tens of thousands of people? What makes our hearts ache when we hear a local high school student died in a car accident?

How valuable is life?

How far would you go to save the life of a loved one? What would you do to keep them alive? How far would you want someone to go to save YOUR life?

How valuable is life?

If your life was disabled indefinitely from a horrible accident, what would you want to happen to your life? If you were unable to communicate, would your loved ones keep you alive, or let you die? Can an accident change the value of your life? Do you think your life would be worth less?

If your most cherished loved one was disabled indefinitely, would you keep your loved one alive or let them die? Is their life worth less?

How valuable is life?

What if you were going to be disabled in a tragic accident tomorrow morning on your way to work? Would you rather die than live?

What if a person told you were going to be disabled in a tragic accident tomorrow morning on your way to work and you would remain on life support for 15 years, but at the end of that 15 years technology would be invented that would allow you to return to a “normal” life?

Would you want to wait 15 years? Would you wait 15 years for your loved one?

Who wouldn’t?

How valuable is life?

Over Prepare

Over prepare. How many people over prepare? Most people under prepare. Most people try to prepare as little as possible and just get by. “How little can I prepare and still get away with it?” is the question most people appear to be asking themselves.

Have you ever finished a project, taken a test, given a speech, or presented material to your superiors, and after it was all said and done, thought to yourself, “Man, I wish I wouldn’t have spent so much time preparing”? I doubt that happens very often, but I wonder how many times in a week, or even how many times in a day, you have thought, “Man, I wish I would have prepared more for that.” Or, “why did I not spend more time preparing?!”

Has that happened to you? It sure has to me. And you know what? I’m kind of tired of those times. I’m fed up with them. I don’t want that to happen anymore. Under preparing has frustrated me much more than over preparing ever could.

I just watched an online video of leadership expert John Maxwell, and he said something to the effect of “Over prepare and go with the flow. It’s better than under preparing and trying to create a flow.”

I had a meeting today, and I felt slightly over prepared for the meeting. I wondered if I was taking the meeting and my role in it too seriously, but half-way through the meeting, I realized that I was indeed slightly over prepared and that realization was actually liberating. I had a firm grip on what was being covered and those I was leading would have a much better understanding of the subject matter because I was over prepared, and not under prepared.

“There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.” Over prepare.

58% Say Obama Denounced Wright for Political Convenience, not Outrage

Rasmussen Reports

Leadership Thought

Are you the respected Captain of the ship, or the chartered Bus driver?

One ensures the ship gets to where it needs to go, and does what it needs to do. The other goes wherever the passengers tell him to go.

Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright

Welcome to school, America.

Course Title: Political Expediency 101

Course number: 2008

Professor: Barack Obama

Location: The United States

Current enrollment: TBA

Course objectives: The students will learn how to say and do whatever is in their political best interest. (And fool millions in the process.)

Rationale: Providing a basic study of American politics with a specific concentration in running for President, the course creates scenarios in which those aspiring to become great leaders can learn to be articulate, calculating, manipulative, and deceitful.

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/04/29/obama-i-am-outraged-and-angered-by-wrights-comments/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20080429/cm_rcp/obamas_remaining_problems

Jeremiah Wright

With everyone in the political news arena salivating over the Jeremiah Wright controversy, I decided to follow the crowd and chime in.

Barack Obama has pointed to Rev. Wright as his spiritual mentor and we all know he attended his church for 20 years. Now, the American public has learned that Rev. Wright is simply anti-American. Sen. Obama has made his bed and is now being forced to lie in it. (And he's going to have to "lie" a lot to get out of this one.)

While Barack Obama is trying to avoid this controversy and run for President, Jeremiah Wright is obviously trying to make the most of the controversy and run for press coverage.

Mike Huckabee at CPAC

This was a homerun derby.

Watch the video here.

Insurrection . . . will conservatives fight back?

Now that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has suspended his bid for President, I must ask the following question: Will the conservative wing of the Republican Party mount a comeback and declare that they will not be forced into the "de facto" nomination of John McCain?

If you are a conservative, there is only one way to avoid John McCain becoming our nominee- support Mike Huckabee. He is a true conservative and has been his entire life. Gov. Huckabee has the experience of running a government- 10 1/2 years as Governor of Arkansas. He was elected not once, but four times in Arkansas and has never faltered in his stance upon conservative principles.

Remember, we not only need a conservative nominee this November, we need a nominee who can clearly communicate our conservative values. Mike Huckabee is the only candidate remaining who can do just that.

Huckabee wins West Virginia!

Mike Huckabee wins West Virginia after Mitt Romney spends millions and comes up short.

Gov. Huckabee is continuing to prove that some Americans can NOT be bought.

mikehuckabee.com

Vote for Mike Huckabee Today!

Today is the day! I implore you to take your vote very seriously. Vote for the next Great Communicator- Mike Huckabee.

Check these links out:

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Alabama polls show Huckabee surge

Tennessee polls: Every vote is needed

Georgia, make history

You Can Trust Mike Huckabee

Gov. Huckabee's life record as a pastor, Lt. Governor, and Governor is one of extreme integrity.

He did what he said he would do as Governor of Arkansas, and he has always carried out what he said he would do. He is honest. He is truthful and follows through. He says we need to secure the border, and I believe with all my heart he will do everything in his power as President to do so.

In a world where politics often reeks with the stench of corruption and "politician" is nearly synonymous with "deceit," "scandal," and "cover-up," Mike Huckabee is like a blast of fresh air- honest air.

Learn more: MikeHuckabee.com

Mike Huckabee is the Next Great Communicator

Whether you agree with him or not, Mike Huckabee loves this country and there is no denying it.

Another Reason I Support Mike Huckabee

Listen here to the amazing way Gov. Huckabee exhibits his love for America and the freedoms we experience.

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Huckabee wins GOP Debate

Schneider: The night's big winner: Huckabee CNN Reports here.

Lack of Class

Down and dirty: Mitt Romney just personally attacked every member of Congress in the CNN Debate. I'll have the exact quote when the debate transcript is released.