Last night, I escorted Momma Evie (my 90 yr old mother), Gigi (my beautiful bride of 40 years) and Kerri (our 24 yr old baby girl) to the movie, The Greatest Showman. 

We really loved it, so if you…

“Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.” —Zig Ziglar 

Here we are again….a new year! 

How in the world does the time go by so fast? 

Sometime back, I shared my 4…

My dear friend Murphy Myrick, Jr offered a wonderful principle a couple weeks ago that I just have to share. 

Murphy said: 

“The most important gifts at Christmas are not presents, but presence.” 

I concur. 

Hope…

Gigi, my lovely bride of 40 years and I went to see the movie “Wonder” a couple weeks ago and I could not help but tear up a couple of times. 

If you haven’t seen it and you have…

I read an interesting article recently by Jeff Haden in an Inc. blog that I thought you might like and with 2018 coming quickly, it might be a good time to write them down and add some to your To…

I’m not sure about you, but I don’t read the same books I did as a teen. 

I don’t watch the same TV shows. 

I surely don’t wear the same polyester clothes. 

So why is it that…

Just wanted to wish you a Happy Happy Thanksgiving! 

Thanks for reading my weekly Mark's Minute. 

Thanks for watching my Mark's Minutes on YouTube. 

Thanks for sharing them with your company, your friends and those you care…

I really like and agree with what Jeffrey Gitomer shared in his blog this week about choosing friendly service over delivering service with an attitude.  

I’ve taken the liberty to add a little personal interpretation that fits my own…

Jim Rohn once said;  

“Your philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out.”  

So if you accept that as true…..what is YOUR philosophy?  

Are you all about health, or joy, or money, or…

After helping my wonderful wife raise 5 terrific children, try desperately to be an awesome grandfather to our 6 grandchildren and travel the world speaking and teaching a good portion of the past 15 years, I’ve learned a valuable lesson…

Money is not the only currency of life. 

In fact, you can be equally rich in health, happiness, joy, spirituality and relationships. 

I find it interesting that wealth actually comes as a product of our habits. 

And…

In southern vernacular, “Sometimes life just don’t go the way you planned, no matter how much planning you planned”. 

So, if yesterday or the day before was that day, remember…. 

Disappointment is inevitable, misery is optional. 

Shake…