Glossophobia—Fear of Public Speaking

I think I would have had a real fear of public speaking had I not had braces at the age of 12.  My teeth were totally jacked up; with an overbite on one side and an underbite on the other, they were simply hideous and had me on a path toward future dental distress. I […]

Do your homework

“Get your education because no matter what happens, no one can ever take that away from you.”  Joseph Harold Hicks Father of six Korea War Era Veteran 32-year James B. Beam employee    Education has always been important in my family; I was number five of six children raised in a small town and educated […]

Fear

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. ~ General George S. Patton.  Why would a combat veteran fear starting her own business after more than two decades of seemingly successful military service?  There have been many significant historical events that occurred during the more than two decades I served on active duty; the two […]