http://facklerfamily.org Identify Your Fears And Break Through Them! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:51:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For people reading this blog entry that have not read my previous entries on the homeless, I encourage you to read Homeless Project Background. It will give you some background on my project. Briefly, I have made a commitment to give $20 each week to a homeless person and minimally ... http://facklerfamily.org/2010/08/03/learning-about-the-homeless-august-2-2010/ These are some conclusions about running a business that I have come to after 19 years in Vistage and working with hundreds of CEOs. 1) If you are worried about an action that has to be taken, you have already waited too long so do it now. 2) Partnerships are tough. ... http://facklerfamily.org/2010/05/06/facklers-five/ When I saw some of the news clips and read some of the accounts of Congress grilling the Goldman Sachs executives, I was struck by the irony of the situation. Below are the steps to the national/global financial meltdown: 1 - Congress and the President encourage expanded home ownership via the ... http://facklerfamily.org/2010/04/29/preventing-an-economic-meltdown/ I posted the following on my Facebook page a few days ago: I gave a cell phone to a local homeless guy who I have been helping for the past year. He had asked if he could borrow my cell phone to make a call. I put 60 minutes of time ... http://facklerfamily.org/2010/04/07/learning-about-the-homeless-april-6-2010/ The following letter was sent to TKF after a Violence Impact Forum (VIF). The author is Patricia Ladd, the principal at Correia Middle School. She has very eloquently described how our work at TKF changes the lives of so many kids. ======================================================= Dear Trustees of TKF: As Principal of Correia Middle School ... http://facklerfamily.org/2010/01/20/letter-from-a-school-principal-the-power-of-tkf/ For people reading this blog entry that have not read my previous entries on the homeless, I encourage you to read Homeless Project Background. It will give you some background on my project. Briefly, I have made a commitment to give $20 each week to a homeless person and minimally ... http://facklerfamily.org/2009/11/30/learning-about-the-homeless-november-29-2009/ Once upon a time, there was a man name Alan. Alan was a kind hearted man and also a man on a mission. Like Jonny Appleseed, Alan was always planting seeds, but his were not seeds for trees. Rather, his were seeds of philanthropy. Alan wanted to spread philanthropy throughout ... http://facklerfamily.org/2009/11/19/once-upon-a-time/ For people reading this blog entry that have not read my previous entries on the homeless, I encourage you to read Homeless Project Background. It will give you some background on my project. Briefly, I have made a commitment to give $20 each week to a homeless person and minimally ... http://facklerfamily.org/2009/10/31/learning-about-the-homeless-oct-31-2009/ For people reading this blog entry that have not read my previous entries on the homeless, I encourage you to read Homeless Project Background. It will give you some background on my project. Briefly, I have made a commitment to give $20 each week to a homeless person and minimally ... http://facklerfamily.org/2009/09/29/learning-about-the-homeless-sept-28-2009/ I made an offhand comment to a friend that there were many simple solutions to some of the problems that we Americans face. She challenged me to get specific. She’s right to challenge me. We should challenge our politicians for specifics. Put them on the spot. Make them answer. Be ... http://facklerfamily.org/2009/09/09/our-strong-voice-can-fix-social-security/