Category: Art Holst

Persistence & Discipline: Lessons from Super Bowl XLVII

  My 15 years on the field as an NFL official have provided a different perspective on this game which now attracts world-wide interest. I was fortunate to officiate two Super Bowls, VI and XII. I remember those two games,

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3 Ideas to Simplify How We Pay Taxes

In this age of expanding government participation in so many facets of our individual and family lives, it’s time to re-examine the various proposals to pay for the many new programs being touted by President Barack Obama and the U.S.

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Thoughts on Labor Day

What does Labor Day mean to America?  Speaker, humorist and poet, Art Holst, shares his thoughts…   The life of a human being, taken in total, is far more than just having things. There is a spiritual side of life

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Making Tough Times Work for You, the Old Fashioned Way

A bus ride to town cost a nickel. Two hamburgers and a Coke at George Nichols Coney Island cost a quarter, if you had one. A new Chevrolet was about $600. A first class letter was 3 cents and you

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Growing Older Successfully

THINK AND WHENI long to be the person that I would like to be.But if I’m going to do it, it’s entirely up to me.And, I think the time to start is not some distant dayNow is the time to

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Setting Goals like the Super Bowl Pros

As I pause to think of something that sets some men apart,It seemed to me that goals in life must be the place to start.Imagine playing football on an unmarked field of green;Not a goal line to be sought, not

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Humor Smoothes the Way

For 37 years I lived in Peoria, Illinois, the world headquarters of the Caterpillar Tractor Company. Caterpillar is the world leader in earth moving equipment. They make bulldozers of all sizes, including backhoes for digging holes and ditches and many

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