Don Howe Success

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s a great reminder that it’s important to tell the truth. This story is entitled, “The Emperor’s Seed.” An Emperor in the Far East was growing old and realized that it was about time to choose his successor, but instead of choosing one of […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s a great reminder that proper punctuation is an essential part of good communication. Good communicators leave no doubt about the meaning of their message. They know that the communication process isn’t complete until the audience has both heard (and understood) the delivered message. […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s a great reminder to Finish the Race. During the 1968 Olympics, John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania injured his right leg while running the Marathon. Despite the pain, he continued to run, and when he finally hobbled into the stadium, the race had been […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s a great reminder to live a balanced life. You see, the Department of Health in Evanston, Illinois, announced the installation of a new system to purify the city’s water. The water purification system was to be in operation by June 10th. On June […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s a great reminder to live a balanced life. Proverbs 11:1, says that a false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight.On the surface, this verse deals with being honest in the marketplace.A false balance is something […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s a great reminder that although it’s good to set goals, but it’s important to be flexible and remember the “bigger picture,” because when people adhere too rigidly to a goal, they lose sight of the bigger picture. A good example of this happened […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s a good reminder that whenever you’re given advice, you’ve got to carefully consider the source. In 1 Samuel 17, Saul agreed to let David fight Goliath, and the first thing Saul did was to give David his armor. Saul wasn’t willing to fight […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s a good reminder that we need to take responsibility for our actions. Portia Nelson wrote There’s A Hole In My Sidewalk: Autobiography In Five Short Chapters and it goes like this… Chapter I I walk down the street. There’s a deep hole in […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s simply a collection of my thoughts concerning the law of “Sowing and Reaping.” And to begin with, Sowing always comes first. You may not be the one who did the Sowing, but in order to Reap, something had to be Sown. What was […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s simply a reminder to envision yourself as an overcomer, and not as a victim. You see, the underachievers of this world are experts at figuring out ways to rationalize failure. They talk about their sore back, their lack of time, their age, their […]