by Jim Stovall For many baseball seasons, I have shared my passion about the St. Louis Cardinals with my friend, Larry Payton. Many people throughout the central part of the United States became aware of Larry Payton as a Broadway promoter who, several times each year, brought great live theatre productions to their town. Larry ...…
by Jim Stovall One of my heroes is the legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus. I became acquainted with Mr. Nicklaus through my books and the correspondence we have carried on as he has read my various titles throughout the years. I am a member of a country club that, on a number of occasions, has hosted ...…
by Jim Stovall All of us perform and succeed based upon the expectations we have of ourselves or those expectations we allow others to place upon us. These expectations come from external messages or input that we determine to accept or internalize. Many of these internal messages were placed inside of us years or even ...…
by Jim Stovall For the past 250 years, people have been talking and writing about the fast-paced world in which we live. If we were to visit our ancestors in their environment which they believed to be fast-paced, we would find it serene and pastoral compared to our lifestyles today. We have the same number ...…
by Jim Stovall For many years, I have had the privilege of speaking to students in their classrooms all across the country via interactive video conferences. There are hundreds of public and private elementary, middle, and high schools that study my book, The Ultimate Gift, and the movie based upon that novel. I simply sit ...…
by Jim Stovall Throughout recorded history, there have been a handful of individuals who have been forced to deal with strife, disagreement, and dissention. Abraham Lincoln would be at the forefront of these individuals. Not only was he dealing with civil war which divided the United States into warring factions, but he was dealing with ...…
by Jim Stovall If a committee was formed to search everyone alive in the world today and everyone who has lived throughout recorded history, to identify the smartest person in the world, they would first have to define terms. Smart can be connected with intelligence, wisdom, success, or simply the ability to accumulate facts. I ...…
by Jim Stovall These weekly columns are read by people literally around the world. I get calls and email from readers representing every conceivable culture, lifestyle, and background. In many parts of the world, if I were to mention The Wisdom of Yogi, they would immediately think of a spiritual guide or thought leader. Here ...…
by Jim Stovall Facts are facts. They are neither positive nor negative. They are simply true. You and I get to decide what impact facts will have on us personally and professionally. Recently, I’ve been discussing the phenomenon surrounding the growth, development, and economic explosion in China. They are clearly becoming a dominant world force. ...…
by Jim Stovall I will freely admit to being an optimist. I believe the glass is always half full with refills on the way. My friend and mentor, Zig Ziglar, is fond of saying, “I’m willing to go after Moby Dick in a row boat and take the tartar sauce with me.” Being an optimist ...…