by Tommy Spaulding | Jan 30, 2024 | Blog
There are words in the English vocabulary that are drastically overused by westerners. One word that comes to mind: Love. I lived in Nagano, Japan for two years teaching English when I was in my twenties. The thing I appreciated most about the Japanese culture and...
by Tommy Spaulding | Jan 23, 2024 | Blog
There’s an unwritten rule in the publishing world to not write about Chick-Fil-A and a handful of other companies. Not because these companies have done something wrong. Quite the opposite. Because these companies have done a lot of things right. I wrote about...
by Tommy Spaulding | Jan 16, 2024 | Blog
Last month, a few days before Christmas, my good friend Brian Smith invited me to lunch. He wanted me to attend his annual holiday luncheon with his leadership team. Brian and his wife, Mikelle, own two Keller Williams Real Estate offices in Denver, Colorado. They...
by Tommy Spaulding | Jan 9, 2024 | Blog
I attended a wedding in Iowa this past June that I’m still thinking about. I’ve been to a hundred or more weddings in my lifetime, but this one was beyond special. I’m half Italian, so growing up in New York, most weekends were spent attending family functions – many...
by Tommy Spaulding | Nov 12, 2019 | Blog
I heard years ago that when we give to others we should “give until it hurts.” It took me half a lifetime to fully understand those words – give until it hurts. I’ve learned there is a difference between giving and giving until it hurts. A big difference. One makes...