Archive for February, 2010

The Death of 2 Long Time Friends

In late October, 2009, two long time friends suddenly died in a tragic and unnecessary  car accident while rushing back home from Hobby Airport along rain soaked Allen Parkway to retrieve documents which John O’Quinn (a well known Houston lawyer) had forgotten but needed before he left for an out of town mediation later that morning. My other friend, John’s [...]

To be great at anything is a choice.

Last night I was talking with my son and he reminded me of something I told him years and years ago: that to be great at anything is a choice. (And, unfortunately, that mediocrity, sneaks up when you are least expecting it and just takes over before you realize it has globed all over you, like you’re [...]