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In their book, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer write, “The vast majority of firms fail when their industry shifts. Kodak failed to adapt from paper photos to digital. Nokia failed to adapt from flip phones to smartphones. AOL failed to adapt from dial-up…

In his book, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything BJ Fogg says, “I’ve found that there are only three things we can do that will create lasting change: Have an epiphany, change our environment, or change our habits in tiny ways.” — Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything…

Liang Feng’en was a famous hunter in the Heilongjiang province, China (bordering Russia). "Good hunters enjoyed respect and were even idolized," Liang said. In 1998 China implemented strict environmental protection measures, and in 2000 the Worldwide Fund for Nature's China Office asked him to join their…

Mike McGowan says, “We are really good at change, but what we’re not so good (at) is unexpected change.” https://www.hngnews.com/cambridge_deerfield/article_94b0c2d1-9c58-5bad-a468-5363f7356b9c.html Deuteronomy 31:8 (CSB) The LORD is the one who will go before you. He will be with you; he will not leave…

A very strange phenomenon is taking place on the streets of Llandudno, Wales, in the UK. The absence of people, due to the Corona Virus lockdown, has resulted in wild mountain goats taking over the town. “The goats, which normally live on a vast headland near the sea called the Great Orme, have taken…

Researchers counting Monarch butterflies during the annual migration along the California coast are disturbed by the low numbers. The most recent count found less than 30,000 butterflies, which was an 86 percent decline over 2017. The Xerces Society conducts the annual counts and they say thirty years…

In his book, Leading Major Change in your Ministry, Jeff Iorg writes, “Leadership is about change. It is about shifting paradigms, creating new approaches, and doing things that have never been done-at least not in the current setting.” —Jim L. Wilson Leading Major Change in your Ministry p. 13 For more…

After 40 years of telling their customers, they can have it their way, Burger King changed its motto to: "Be Your Way." A spokesperson explained the motto change by saying, "they can and should live how they want anytime. It's ok to not be perfect ... Self-expression is most important and it's our differences…

In the 1950 U. S. Census there were 270 occupations listed. Only one has been eliminated by automation: elevator operator. 32 jobs have been eliminated because there is no demand for them anymore and five have become technologically obsolete. Today there are several occupations in danger of being greatly…

In 2016, 108-year-old Hazel Nilson watched the Cubs win the World Series for the second time in her lifetime. Since her birth in 1908, there have been two world wars, the conflicts in Korea, Vietnam and Iraq. She has been around long enough to see the first T.V. and now, she could have watched the Cubs…

On the outskirts of Paris, an underground vault holds a platinum cylinder known as Le Grand K. This carefully guarded object sits under three glass domes and three different people have three different keys that are all needed to open the vault. Since 1889 this object has been the standard for the Kilogram.…

In their book, Simple Church: Returning to God’s process for making disciples Thom Rainer & Eric Geiger write, “According to the Scripture, a believer’s life is to be transformed more and more. People are not supposed to be the same. There is to be progression, movement.” —Jim L. Wilson Simple Church:…

A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to serve a year’s probation for crimes his defense attorney says he doesn’t remember. His attorney says 23-year-old Christian Eshenbaugh suffered a brain injury in a car accident and has become a “completely different person.” Eshenbaugh pleaded guilty to charges…

It is hard to know what to do when the world keep changing. Does anybody know what the rules are anymore? Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus liken our world to Chinese Baseball, when they write, “Chinese baseball is played exactly the same way as American baseball with one major exception, and that is this:…

For centuries, travelers have referred to the Polaris, the North Star, as being a constant beacon to rely on. Recent research has found that the star is actually changing and has gotten brighter in the last few years. Scott Engle of Villanova University in Pennsylvania says the star is not a Standard…

In the 40 years he has been teaching, Bruce Farrer has taken on a special roll each year to give former students a look at their lives from the past. Every year, Farrer asked his 14-year-old English students to write a 10-page letter to their future selves. After they assignment was turned in, Farrer…

According to a consultant’s report obtained by the Detroit Free Press, The Detroit Water and Sewage Department employs a horseshoer at a cost to the city of nearly $60,000 per year in salary and benefits. “According to the official job description—not updated since 1967—the DWSD horseshoer is required…

The year is 1907. One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some of the US. Statistics for the Year 1907: ************************ The average life expectancy in the U.S. Was 47 years. Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S Had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.…

A Nebraska man recently returned home to thank the Omaha police officer who arrested him and turned his life around ten years earlier. Mark Allen wanted to include the offering of gratitude as he celebrated nine years of sobriety. Allen said he researched the information on his case in order to track…

A Massachusetts man says an image of Jesus on an old pizza tray changed his life. Josh Mather and his brother had used the tray many times in a brick oven when they owned a sports pub. The bad economy recently forced them to close the business. As a result, the pizza tray wound up stored in Mather’s…

The last typewriter factory closed its doors in Mumbai, India on April 25, 2011. The company managed to sell some 10,000 typewriters a year for the last few years of its existence. The drop off in orders for new machines was dramatic enough that it was no longer a viable business. The factory closed…

The United States has enjoyed its position as the world’s economic superpower for decades. However, in recent years, this dominance has come under fire and many other countries have made their way up the economic ladder to challenge the US. The International Monetary Fund (IMF,) has made a startling…

A prisoner wrote an article in a newspaper, which stirred up controversy among the readers. He wrote that his life in prison was more enjoyable than that of free men outside the prison because he had everything he needed such as food, clothing, and entertainment in the prison. Some readers commented…

Liz Murray’s drug-addicted parents raised her and her sister in poverty in New York—really raised isn’t the right word, they had to care for themselves. Her father was an intelligent man, quite gifted, but lived a diminished life because of the drugs. Her mother suffered from mental illness along with…

As the nation watched and prayed, the 2012 fires devastated the Community of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Though he was not immediately impacted, the President of Focus on the Family, Jim Daly, who lives in the area, had an opportunity to reflect on what it mean if he and his family had to evacuate suddenly.…