The Lessons of American Leadership

May 29, 2012May 29, 2012 Paul Sposite History, Leadership, Life, life coach, Michigan, Politics, selfhelp adventure, america, American, Americans, Americas, benefits, blood, british, celebration, children, Civil, Colonies, Consider, courage, deception, downfall, effort, encampment, English, existence, extinction, facebook, fathers, fortitude, freedom, French, From, generation, generations, goal, grass, great, Greenfield, growth, human, ideas, independence, leaders, leadership, lessons, Life, Mayflower, Memorial, mother, Nation, Nations, nature, Over, Pane, path, perfection, Pilgrims, plans, posters, President, pride, principle, psyche, Reagan, remembrance, representation, responsibilities, Revolutionary, rights, ronald, roots, Self, sessions, settlers, situation, Spanish, Sunset, systems, Taxes, tears, Thomas, Twitter, Tyranny, village, weekend, word, world

"The surrender at Saratoga" shows General Daniel Morgan in front of a French de Vallière 4-pounder. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Over the past weekend We celebrated Memorial Day here in the States, a day to stop and thank all the veterans that fought to keep this country safe and free. As part of my celebration I … Continue reading The Lessons of American Leadership

My Detroit

May 3, 2012May 3, 2012 Paul Sposite History, Just for Fun, Michigan accomplishments, actions, advantage, alliance, allies, American, Anne, Anthony, Antoine, apostles, architecture, area, areas, Augustus, auto, Avenue, avenues, Érie, Battle, beginnings, Belestre, Belle, Berry, better, Boulevard, boulevards, Bréhant, brick, Britain, british, Cadillac, Canada, Canadians, Capital, Cars, Carver, Casson, cathedral, Catholic, Center, century, Charles, Chicago, Chief, chimneys, church, Circus, Clair, COLLECTION, Commander, Commerce, consumption, context, Cream, culture, Davison, Death, deception, destruction, detroit, Detroiter, Diamond, District, Dollier, Drugs, Edison, emblems, encouragement, Encyclopedia, Enfant, expedition, expressway, Fair, Falls, fame, father, Faygo, feet, Flag, fort, forts, François, France, freeway, French, From, frontier, Gabriel, Galinée, General, goal, Gogh, Gordy, Gothic, government, Grand, great, Greenville, Griffon, heart, Hemisphere, Hennepin, heritage, Hispanic, Historic, History, hotel, Huron, idol, immigrants, Indian, Indians, industry, innovation, Institute, Island, Isle, James, Jefferson, Jonathan, journal, justice, kids, lake, lakes, leader, Life, location, Louis, Made, Main, Major, mansions, Many, Marie, Marine, Marriott, McNichols, michigan, midwest, Mile, minister, Mission, missionary, Model, Montreal, Mothe, Motown, motto, Murder, Nation, National, Nations, Native, news, newspaper, North, Northwest, notes, November, numbers, office, officer, oldest, Orleans, Ottawa, outpost, Paris, parish, park, parks, path, Picoté, pieces, Pierre, places, Ponchartrain, Pontchartrain, Pontiac, Portrait, Potato, pride, priest, Proclamation, rail, Rangers, Rape, rebellion, region, Register, Renaissance, René, response, restrictions, revitalization, revival, revolution, Richard, River, road, roads, Robert, Rogers, Roman, Royal, sales, Salle, Sanders, Sault, Self, settlement, settlers, Several, Siege, soda, Soldiers, State, Statue, strait, streets, Stroh, Sulpician, system, territories, territory, theater, Thomas, thoroughfares, three, Timbers, traffic, transportation, tree, trees, tribes, Tunnel, Twelve, Vernor, Vernors, Vincent, warehouse, Warren, Washington, Waterworks, Wayne, weapons, West, Westcott, Western, Wikipedia, Windsor, Woodward, world

Augustus Woodward's plan following the 1805 fire for Detroit's baroque styled radial avenues and Grand Circus. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I’m a Detroiter, I was born in the city, and I love the city. I no longer live in Detroit, I now live about 30 minutes outside of the city, but still consider myself a Detroiter. … Continue reading My Detroit

9 Timeless Leadership Lessons from Cyrus the Great

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I found this on the web and thought it would be a good article to share. I hope you enjoy. -------START------ 9 Timeless Leadership Lessons from Cyrus the Great Cyrus The Great (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Forget 1-800-CEO Read. The greatest book on business and leadership was written in the 4th century BC by a Greek … Continue reading 9 Timeless Leadership Lessons from Cyrus the Great

How to Achieve your Goals and Create your own Mount Rushmore

February 2, 2012February 2, 2012 Paul Sposite Change, Education, History, Improvement, Life, Self, selfhelp Abraham, accept, accomplishment, Achieve, Addison, adhesive, adventure, American, Arthur, Borglum, breath, cancer, choir, church, coach, college, counselor, Count, create, Dakota, Danish, Denis, destiny, Double, elder, enemy, failure, features, feet, foot, Form, formula, friend, genius, George, Gillies, Glad, goal, goals, granite, guardian, Gutzon, History, Horner, Jefferson, Jerry, Joseph, journal, Keep, learn, lesson, Life, Lincoln, location, Look, make, markers, Martina, Memorial, money, Most, Mount, National, nature, Norris, notes, objects, obstacles, October, office, outcome, Paul, people, perseverance, post, President, presidents, product, products, Radcliffe, Research, Roosevelt, scope, sculpture, sculptures, Self, Silver, size, Source, South, Spencer, Sposite, Sure, think, Thomas, towards, vision, Washington, Watley, Watson, winners, workers

Image via Wikipedia Our ability to succeed is truly all up to us. We are the masters of our own destiny, and we decide if we fail or not. All to often we allow others to decide for us, we listen to the negative inputs from others, allowing that cancer of negativity to eat away … Continue reading How to Achieve your Goals and Create your own Mount Rushmore

Occupy Wall Street and the Founding Fathers

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The new movement, Occupy Wall Street (OWS), is interesting, not because I agree with them, I don’t. I happen to like money and capitalism, I find that working and having money is a good thing, no it’s interesting because of the contrast between them and the Tea Party people…. Now, I have not taken part … Continue reading Occupy Wall Street and the Founding Fathers

Priority 3: Faith in Family

May 24, 2011 Paul Sposite Change, Faith, Family, Improvement, Self, selfhelp action, August, Barbara, blood, Buzzword, children, Dale, dearest, dictionary, difference, Douglas, Etymology, Faith, hardest, Harper, History, Jefferson, lesson, Life, nature, notes, online, origin, parent, peace, Phrase, posses, protectors, purpose, servant, servants, servitude, slang, thief, Third, Thomas, wife, word, world

Below is more from my new talk I am to give in August. This is the 3rd priority out of 7. Please remember this is a work in progress, and these are mostly my notes to help me create the talk. I hope you enjoy…. The third priority is the priority of Family; this … Continue reading Priority 3: Faith in Family

What’s on your reading list?

March 7, 2011 Paul Sposite Catholic, church, conservative, Conservative Catholics, Faith, GOP, Just for Fun, liberal, Liberal Catholics, Life, Media, news, Politics, Religon Beck, bible, Bourne, Catholic, Conservative, constitution, Diamond, entertainment, Envoy, Eric, Faith, Fundamental, Germs, gift, Glenn, guide, Guns, Gutzman, Imprimis, Incorrect, Keith, Kevin, liberal, Life, Lustbader, magazine, magazines, mathew, matthew, moment, moods, needs, newsletter, newspaper, newspapers, Paine, path, person, politics, religion, Richard, rules, Sanction, Site, Some, speaker, speakers, Steel, Templar, Thomas, times, Townhall, version, Wander

Cover via Amazon One of my favorite speakers is Mathew Kelly (Web Site), he is a Catholic speaker, a very dynamic speaker. His main point is becoming the best version of yourself, he believes that we all need to work at perfecting the gift of life. One way he tells us to do this is … Continue reading What’s on your reading list?

A strong conviction

July 6, 2010 Paul Sposite Faith advice, African, america, American, Americans, argument, August, bail, beliefs, blog, boat, brother, citizen, Common, Complex, convention, conventions, conviction, corporations, Deal, Delegate, dependency, difference, direction, District, documents, election, England, establishment, Europe, exception, fact, Faith, fathers, government, lesson, lessons, Life, luck, Nation, needs, norm, obama, office, opinions, pain, passion, Percent, person, planks, platform, policy, politicians, politics, posses, President, protector, reader, readers, republican, revolution, Revolutions, rights, road, roof, Sense, session, Silent, Socialism, strong, Thomas, times, tops, Tyranny, waters, welfare

Image via Wikipedia With the political session to start in full swing soon, I thought I would take the time to mention a few things. As any reader of this blog knows, I am a concretive both in my faith and politics, I state my opinions, sometimes not very well received by others, but I … Continue reading A strong conviction

God Bless America

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IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to … Continue reading God Bless America

My little heaven

May 1, 2010 Paul Sposite Called by God, Education, Faith, Growing Up, Life, selfhelp, youth Along, Aquinas, attitude, basis, blog, bush, Catholic, checker, composition, curriculum, DIYer, Education, extension, fact, Faith, formation, Funny, gardens, grammar, heaven, image, Improvement, kids, lawn, Life, needs, oasis, owner, passion, plans, pond, pride, reader, relaxation, road, session, shocker, skills, Some, statement, Steven, Sure, system, teacher, theology, thinker, Thomas, tree, truth, volunteer, winter, words, yard, youth

Image via Wikipedia Today I spent the day doing yard work. As a youth I use to hate doing yard work, I never saw the point in it. All the cutting and trimming and planting. All the weeding and seeding. It seemed to never end, from session to session there was always something to do … Continue reading My little heaven

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An American Point of View

Just an American that loves his Country and his Faith

Thomas

The Lessons of American Leadership

My Detroit

9 Timeless Leadership Lessons from Cyrus the Great

How to Achieve your Goals and Create your own Mount Rushmore

Occupy Wall Street and the Founding Fathers

Priority 3: Faith in Family

A strong conviction

My little heaven

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