by Rick Ruppenthal

Because you are human – you will fail.

poster with setting sun going behind the mountains

One night at Toastmasters a member presented a reading of a commencement address that was dated back to 1983. After listening to her passionate presentation, I felt that the words while very significant, not only for the time period to which it was written, but for today too. Ursula K. Le Guinness addresses the graduation… Read More

by Rick Ruppenthal

Faith, Trust and the Micro-Manager

humorous photo of managers stating that they are not micromanaging

This was a speech that I did at our last Toastmasters meeting. The group got a little chuckle from it and so I thought I would share it and maybe you might too. Well it’s happened I have become a micro manager. At first I didn’t notice it too much…little hints there and there of the… Read More