by beth | Jan 27, 2023 | Bravery, Courage, Friday Quote, Risk-Taking
“Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions.” ~ Mark Twain Truer words were never spoken! Everyone always wants to make good decisions, but that isn’t always possible. I don’t think anyone intentionally...
by beth | Jan 23, 2023 | Bravery, Courage, Failure, Motivational Monday
Motivational Monday! Over the weekend, while visiting our dear friends in Delaware, they shared a video of Eli Manning going undercover at the Penn State Football walk-on tryouts. Actually, they don’t call it walk-ons there, more accurately Penn State prefers to...
by Beth FItzgerald | Jan 4, 2023 | Bravery, Fear, Growth
My eldest daughter is a big fan of SoulCycle. I had never been, but had heard a lot about it. When my daughter arrived home from grad school this December she exclaimed, “We have to go!” Although I immediately responded, “Yes!”, everything in...
by beth | Nov 15, 2022 | Bravery, Courage, Determination, Success
As I told you yesterday, I spent Friday and Saturday in Camden, NJ. I grew up not too far from Camden so I do have respect for this city. Prior to about 1950, Camden was a prosperous industrial city mainly due to its manufacturing. But as manufacturing declined,...
by beth | Nov 14, 2022 | Bravery, Courage
I spent Friday and Saturday with the most extraordinary people in the most unexpected place—Camden, NJ. I attended the UrbanPromise International Summit along with our semi-annual board retreat. We have over 34 affiliates in various parts of the U.S.,...
by Beth FItzgerald | Oct 19, 2022 | Bravery, Confrontation
“Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters.” Unknown Did you know that this is the #1 reason why difficult conversations don’t happen? We avoid these awkward, upsetting, agonizing, unpleasant, and unenjoyable conversations like the...
