by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 14, 2019 | Goals, Inspirational, Persistence
Last night the New York Yankees sent a very young Adonis Rosa to the mound. He’s a 24-year-old young man from the Dominican Republic who has played at both Yankee farm teams, Scranton and Trenton. As I watched him come off the field after his first...
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 2, 2019 | Friday Quote, Inspirational, Persistence, Success
“I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. That is when I start counting, because then it really counts. That’s what makes you a champion.” ~ Muhammad Ali This is not about sit-ups. Well, for Ali, I guess it was about sit-ups, but...
by Beth FItzgerald | Jul 19, 2019 | Failure, Friday Quote, Persistence, Success
“Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” ~ Henry Ford So it has been a rough couple of weeks for me. I have made some mistakes within my business that I am not happy about. I’m not even certain that “mistake” is...
by Beth FItzgerald | Jul 15, 2019 | Inspirational, Motivational Monday, Persistence
Saturday morning, while visiting our daughter in Washington, District of Columbia, we visited Eastern Market. It is a really cool outdoor market with all different types of vendors. It was a beautiful morning so we strolled leisurely through this eclectic...
by Beth FItzgerald | Jul 8, 2019 | Happiness, Motivational Monday, Persistence, Risk-Taking
On the morning of the fourth of July, Doug, my mother-in-law, and I loaded up the car and headed to our home in Vermont for a little getaway. We left relatively early thinking we would miss the traffic but we were wrong. It wasn’t as bad as Wednesday had been,...
by Beth FItzgerald | Jun 19, 2019 | Burdens, Happiness, Inner Peace, Persistence, Stress, Success, Worthy
I was listening to Barry Ritholtz being interviewed on Bloomberg Radio the other day. What an interesting man! He stated that the financial markets have always been described by this axiom: The market hates uncertainty. Ritholz argues this is wrong or at least...
