Recently I was invited to speak for GameChangers500.com, a company I massively admire. I decided to open by telling 3 stories – at once. It was risky because I’d never done it before. But I felt it had the potential to have a greater impact. They are all true stories. One story is about a […]
Read MoreMy Commencement Address
I STUMBLED ACROSS THIS TODAY… The time I was invited to give a college commencement address. I gave it 13 years ago; I’m surprised that I still agree with all the words. Commencement Address By Patrick Combs At William Rainey Harper College May 30, 2003 “This is the first commencement address I’ll have ever given […]
Read MoreAli – The Greatest
I often like to share this ancedote about Ali and the Stewardess. It just cracks me up that she delivered a knock out punch to the champ! There are a handful of people who TRULY made me want to be a better human being…. Not because of their success. But because of their HEART. Muhammad […]
Read MoreMy priorities are changing. I can feel it.
I’m almost 50. My priorities are changing. I can feel it. Today I was driving back from helping clean up a tree that had fallen at my rental home downtown. I was the third wheel helping the gardeners. I marveled at how skilled they were at their job. They took enough tree limbs, branches and […]
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I met Aaron A Fortner just about a year ago. We met because of work, had a nice conversation over coffee, then we agreed to something really unusual. Something guys basically never do. I said, “Hey Aaron, how about we have coffee and just talk about life about once a week, for the entire year? […]
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