Gratitude on My Birthday
Some thoughts on gratitude. Please check out this video that I did on my 63rd birthday. And for that alone, I am appreciative. Live in a state of gratitude, and you’ll never want. Live in a state of want, and you’ll never have...
Uncle” Louie Schlifstein, one of my guiding lights in life
About my Uncle Louie. He is not a blood relative, but my sisters and I grew up calling him “Uncle Louie.” Louie was an NYPD sergeant and he retired in 1961. My father, a 71 Precinct cop from 1943 to 1966, often had his other cop friends over on weekends. When they...
My Second Birthday
On January 8, 2018 – a day I call my “other birthday” – I retired from the NYPD after 37 years of service. My career was amazing, a true journey, emotionally and spiritually. I experienced the greatest honors, and inspirations and joy, as well as some of the...
Thank the Cows
(Photo taken by Liz, when she visited Ireland in 2012) My daughter Liz loved her time in the University of Delaware. On campus they actually have an ice cream store that the students run, making the ice cream from the milk of the cows on the campus farm,...
Michael’s Homecoming
by Joe Fox What was standard, was gone. No two memorial services were the same. Very few bodies had been recovered. Some families had memorial services only. Many families had wake services in funeral homes, but without a body. My sister and brother-in-law decided...
Could it be that his greatest gift in life was to bring out the good in others?
Today is the 6th anniversary of the passing of a little buddy of mine, Uri Benefeld. As a little boy he was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a rare form of the disease that leads to the degeneration of muscles. On his 8th birthday, May 8, 2008, which was...
The most somber and difficult ceremony in policing, a line of duty funeral
A funeral for a police officer killed in the line of duty is like no other funeral I will ever experience. Unfortunately, in my 37-year career in the NYPD I have been to many of them. Hours before the funeral, in every station house - every police facility -...
Lollipop Moments
Greetings everyone. Please see the video above. I probably saw it 1,000 times, and I hope to see it many more. I open every seminar I do with this. I believe it speaks not only to leadership, but to life. And leadership is about life. It’s not a magical place that...
Those Caterpillars Will Become Butterflies
Hello everyone. “The Little Prince” is one of my favorite books. It is written as a children’s book but it has so many powerful life lessons. Here is one of my favorite quotes from the book: “Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to...
My Foray Into Podcasting
Good morning everybody. My relatively new transition has and continues to open up so much in my life, and I thank each of you for that. In particular, I am enjoying experiencing podcasts. It is my pleasure to have come to know a true artist in the field, Mike...
Gratitude on My Birthday
Some thoughts on gratitude. Please check out this video that I did on my 63rd birthday. And for that alone, I am appreciative. Live in a state of gratitude, and you’ll never want. Live in a state of want, and you’ll never have...
Uncle” Louie Schlifstein, one of my guiding lights in life
About my Uncle Louie. He is not a blood relative, but my sisters and I grew up calling him “Uncle Louie.” Louie was an NYPD sergeant and he retired in 1961. My father, a 71 Precinct cop from 1943 to 1966, often had his other cop friends over on weekends. When they...
My Second Birthday
On January 8, 2018 – a day I call my “other birthday” – I retired from the NYPD after 37 years of service. My career was amazing, a true journey, emotionally and spiritually. I experienced the greatest honors, and inspirations and joy, as well as some of the...
Thank the Cows
(Photo taken by Liz, when she visited Ireland in 2012) My daughter Liz loved her time in the University of Delaware. On campus they actually have an ice cream store that the students run, making the ice cream from the milk of the cows on the campus farm,...
Michael’s Homecoming
by Joe Fox What was standard, was gone. No two memorial services were the same. Very few bodies had been recovered. Some families had memorial services only. Many families had wake services in funeral homes, but without a body. My sister and brother-in-law decided...
Could it be that his greatest gift in life was to bring out the good in others?
Today is the 6th anniversary of the passing of a little buddy of mine, Uri Benefeld. As a little boy he was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a rare form of the disease that leads to the degeneration of muscles. On his 8th birthday, May 8, 2008, which was...
The most somber and difficult ceremony in policing, a line of duty funeral
A funeral for a police officer killed in the line of duty is like no other funeral I will ever experience. Unfortunately, in my 37-year career in the NYPD I have been to many of them. Hours before the funeral, in every station house - every police facility -...
Lollipop Moments
Greetings everyone. Please see the video above. I probably saw it 1,000 times, and I hope to see it many more. I open every seminar I do with this. I believe it speaks not only to leadership, but to life. And leadership is about life. It’s not a magical place that...
Those Caterpillars Will Become Butterflies
Hello everyone. “The Little Prince” is one of my favorite books. It is written as a children’s book but it has so many powerful life lessons. Here is one of my favorite quotes from the book: “Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to...
My Foray Into Podcasting
Good morning everybody. My relatively new transition has and continues to open up so much in my life, and I thank each of you for that. In particular, I am enjoying experiencing podcasts. It is my pleasure to have come to know a true artist in the field, Mike...