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I’ve always LOVED this quote. If you don’t know it’s impossible, you might be able to do it. This is such a common theme...
05/10/2026

I’ve always LOVED this quote. If you don’t know it’s impossible, you might be able to do it. This is such a common theme among inventors and other creatives.

Ed Roberts ("the father of the personal computer"), whose company manufactured the first desktop computer, the Altair, described the startup experience:

“If you look at it…it was a kind of grandiose, almost megalomanic kind of scheme…and right now I couldn’t see right off. There was no way you could do this. There isn’t any way you could do this…But at that time, we just lacked the benefits of age and experience. We didn’t know we couldn’t do it.”

Quote is from Triumph Of The Nerds, a three-hour television program that chronicles the birth and growth of Silicon Valley's personal computer industry.

05/09/2026

Neil Baldwin tells the charming story of Soprano, Anna Case, and her unbelievable "rags-to riches" life.

"...a blacksmith’s child...born October 29, 1889...

She sold soap, ran a hack service with her pony and cart for twenty-five cents a ride, scrubbed floors and cooked for her neighbors for fifty cents a day to be able to afford singing lessons in New York City every Monday.

Coming back in the dark on the train, she helped her sickly mother care for her three younger siblings.

At fifteen, Anna played the organ in church for $12 a month, and began to teach music around town, driving miles out into the countryside to meet with pupils, carrying a revolver for protection along dark roads.

She found a position in a church choir in Plainfield, but her deeply religious Dutch Reform father considered travel on Sundays to be sinful, so Anna went on Saturday, scraping together the money to pay for room and board that night.

At twenty, Anna moved to Philadelphia and took a job singing three afternoons a week as tea-time entertainment in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel.

After the applause died down from her very first concert, she was approached by a member of the audience overwhelmed by her elegance and beauty.

He was Andreas Dippel, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera Company, where Anna Case made her debut as the critic’s darling, the rags-to-riches 'Miracle Girl of the Opera', a truly all-American phenomenon, the first soprano star at the Met who had never studied abroad.

Anna claimed most of the leading lyric soprano roles over the coming eight years..."

From the book, "Edison", by Neil Baldwin.

I've been saving stories for decades and this is one of my favorites.

I'm committed to whatever I do, but when I read this story, I wonder if I could even come close to the drive Anna had.

► She chose to succeed in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

► It didn't matter what life threw at her, she found a way to pursue singing.

► She took enormous risks because she HAD to sing.

I love this story.

Do you relate to it?

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Really think about these words. Breathe them in. They are so powerful and energize the best in you.
05/03/2026

Really think about these words. Breathe them in. They are so powerful and energize the best in you.

05/02/2026

It's always so fascinating to me to learn about the wandering paths to success.

Dave Brubeck grew up on a cattle ranch in Concord, CA.

“Then my dad said, ‘You’re gonna be a cattleman.’ "

"When we’d drive the cattle, my dream was that the Benny Goodman Band would want to get through the cattle and I wouldn’t let ‘em through unless they let me get on the bus and play with ‘em."

But in my mind…someday I’d be heard with some band going through here’ (laughs)”

Dave Brubeck in Ken Burns documentary series Jazz, Episode 5 Pure Pleasure

Wikipedia (love it!) has this charming story about Dave Brubeck,

"Planning to work with his father on their ranch, Brubeck entered the liberal arts College of the Pacific in Stockton, California, in 1938 to study veterinary science."

"He switched his major to music at the urging of the head of zoology at the time, Dr. Arnold, who told him, 'Brubeck, your mind's not here. It's across the lawn in the conservatory. Please go there. Stop wasting my time and yours.' "[It's About Time: The Dave Brubeck Story, by Fred M. Hall.]

Wikipedia goes on to say, "After graduating in 1942, Brubeck was drafted into the United States Army, serving in Europe in the Third Army under George S. Patton.

He volunteered to play piano at a Red Cross show; the show was a resounding success, and Brubeck was spared from combat service."



In life, we make choices and they lead us to the life we build. It's so fascinating.

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It’s good to think of this from time to time. It seems so easy to get locked into fatalism. We do have agency and can ch...
04/26/2026

It’s good to think of this from time to time. It seems so easy to get locked into fatalism. We do have agency and can change our future. It’s obvious…but sometimes we forget it.

04/25/2026

Alexander Hamilton was born illegitimate to a Scottish merchant and a married woman.

Yet, he is a founding father of our country.

One of his most significant contributions was to be the first Secretary of the Treasury, and (he) got a fledgling and bankrupt country on its feet financially.

The following quotes come from "Founding Fathers" Volume Two, a History Channel DVD.

"...(his father) abandoned his family when Alexander was nine years old, and his mother died when he was eleven. He was a poor, illegitimate, orphan living in the Virgin Islands."

Richard Brookhiser, Author "Alexander Hamilton, American"


"He had an extraordinary mind, and an extraordinary practical mind, that is a mind for business and economics, and it was recognized very quickly.

By the time he’s 11 or 12, he is working in a merchants’s office.

And by the time he’s 13 and 14, the man who owns this international shipping business has gone off to England and left Hamilton in charge of the entire operation.”

Carol Berkin, Professor of History at City University Of New York
Founding Fathers, Volume 2, History Channel

“Hamilton knows nothing about the military, goes and checks out two books on artillery.

Decides he can do this, and goes right into the (Revolutionary) war.”

“He immediately came to the attention of George Washington and became his aide de camp, protégé’ and a ‘son’ "

Carol Berkin, Professor of History at City University Of New York
Founding Fathers, Volume 2, History Channel
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I've been collecting these stories for decades.

Each story means so much to me.

They inspire me.

I love to learn how greatness triumphs over adversities.

Each time I read them, it puts my own challenges into perspecive.

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I’ve probably always had a rebellious “inner child” so this is a powerful quote for me. It’s never made sense to me to g...
04/19/2026

I’ve probably always had a rebellious “inner child” so this is a powerful quote for me. It’s never made sense to me to go the same direction as everyone else. That’s never seemed to be the right action for me. Doesn’t always work out great, but feels a lot more adventurous.

“Mary Lou Williams was a child prodigy (black woman jazz pianist and composer in mid-1930’s on) who helped support her 1...
04/18/2026

“Mary Lou Williams was a child prodigy (black woman jazz pianist and composer in mid-1930’s on) who helped support her 10 half brothers and sisters by playing piano for parties at the age of six…She was writing for Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman, even Duke Ellington. Often working furiously at night by flashlight as the (Andy) Kirk band hurtled down the highway.”
Narrator, Ken Burns documentary series Jazz, Episode 6 Swing: The Velocity of Celebration

Here is a quote out of her Wikipedia page, “Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981[1]) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records (in 78, 45, and LP versions).[2] Williams wrote and arranged for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and she was friend, mentor, and teacher to Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie.”

She contributed so much, in spite of such difficult circumstances. Sometimes it seems like the difficulties become the driver. Do you have any thoughts on difficulties becoming a driver in life?

It helps to be occasionally reminded of this. It’s so easy to buy into some other reality. Just thinking about this quot...
04/12/2026

It helps to be occasionally reminded of this. It’s so easy to buy into some other reality. Just thinking about this quote shifts the energy.

“Drummer Chick Webb had tuberculous of the spine causing him to be only about 4’ tall and hunchbacked…lived in considera...
04/11/2026

“Drummer Chick Webb had tuberculous of the spine causing him to be only about 4’ tall and hunchbacked…lived in considerable pain. After a night’s drumming he could only lie in bed in pain.”

“He drummed with such extreme force that his drum set had to be screwed to the floor or the bass drum would have moved away from him.”

Narrator, Ken Burns documentary series Jazz

“In November 1938, Webb's health began to decline; for a time, however, he continued to play, refusing to give up touring so that his band could remain employed during the Great Depression. He disregarded his own discomfort and fatigue, which often found him passing out from physical exhaustion after finishing sets.” From Wikipedia

I’m always so amazed at what we human being are capable of no matter what the adversity is. Every time I reread this story bit, I feel a little sheepish about my own adversities. There’s a lot of value in that.
Do you have any thoughts to share about overcoming adversity?

"When I found out - Junior was about 12/13 years old - and I found out he was playing the harmonica...I’d think he’s in ...
04/05/2026

"When I found out - Junior was about 12/13 years old - and I found out he was playing the harmonica...I’d think he’s in school and he’d be down there under the El train (in Chicago) blowing his harmonica. (I could) "...lose my job at that time if you didn’t see that your kid was in school, They’d arrest you."

Lena Blakemore, Junior Wells’ mother in the movie "Don’t Start me Talking: The Junior Wells Story"

Junior went on to become one of the top three blues harmonica players of all time.

I’ve always found this to be such an interesting quote/mini-story. It’s impressive when youngsters have that kind of clarity and drive early in life…and run with it. Fits for any age of course.

Do you relate to this story in any way? Does it sound like your experience?

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