Author: Peter Prichard

Weird & Beautiful Things Janes Valliere At age 17, she was rejected from college. At age 25, her mother died from disease. At age 26, she suffered a miscarriage. At age 27, she got married. Her husband abused her. Despite this, her daughter was born. At age 28, she got divorced and was diagnosed with severe depression. At age 29, she was a single mother living on welfare. At age 30, she didn’t want to be on this earth. But, she directed all her passion into doing the one thing […]

Bookstores as Civic Centers “Bookstores As Civic Centers”, By Kathy O. Brozek Spring 2023 – https://ssir.org/ Stanford Social Innovation Review The indie bookstore movement believes the future of bookstores lies in their ability to serve as thriving community spaces. “IIDEO partners and brothers David and Tom Kelley (below) lead a book event at Kepler’s Books. (Photo courtesy of Kepler’s Books) The past couple of decades have been a roller coaster for the book industry… Despite this tumult, indie bookstores have proven to be resilient. Incredibly, a critical mass of indie […]

The HR Diary It happened at a New York Airport. This is hilarious. I wish I had the guts of this girl. An award should go to the United Airlines gate agent in New York for being smart and funny, while making her point, when confronted with a passenger who probably deserved to fly as cargo. A crowded United Airlines flight was canceled. A single agent was re-booking a long line of inconvenienced travelers. Suddenly, an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his ticket on the […]

Shelf Awareness  https://www.facebook.com/shelfawareness It’s National Library Week! Now, more than ever, librarians need your support! —– With this being National Library Week, do whatever you can to support your library and librarians. They are a key to the success of our world moving forward. Have an impactful life. Your librarians can help. Peter Prichard, CMF -WEBSITE/BLOG – https://havepositiveimpact.com/

Garden of Bright Images  “April’s in the skies.” Artwork: Claude Monet One of the keys to having  a  daily positive impact is to have locations, people, images and anything else that helps  you to  relax and put aside the negative images that surround  you. The Garden of Bright Images provides those images.  I do  not  receive anything from the  organization that publishes those images for bringing the content of their site to your attention. ——– Have a healthy, positive and impactful life,Peter Prichard CMF -WEBSITE/BLOG – https://havepositiveimpact.com/ -AUTHOR – the […]

Your Black News  @yourblacknewsdaily This compelling  story was posted through Images you Won’t see on T.V. – https://linktr.ee/Imagesyouwontseeontv Many of the daily positive impact successes that are happening are occurring because of  couples sharing mutual interests or friends and/or  groups coming together to have a positive impact. —— Have a healthy, positive and impactful life,Peter Prichard CMF -WEBSITE/BLOG – https://havepositiveimpact.com/ -AUTHOR – the International #1 Amazon Bestseller and Readers’ Favorite 5 Star Award Recipient – “Have a Positive Impact During Uncertain Times” – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1732793808  Readers Favorite 5 Star Review stated, […]

𝗢𝗵 𝗡𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 “This guy named John has been coming into my work for years. I told him I was going to Vietnam next week with my girlfriend. He told me he was over there during the fall of Saigon and helped orphan babies get on evacuation planes and helicopters as a Marine. I told him I was one of those babies. He looked at me, his eyes started to well up and said he might have held me in his arms during the rescue mission (Operation Babylift). We talked […]

The HR Diary   I once asked a very successful woman to share her secret with me. She smiled and said to me.. “I started succeeding when I started leaving small fights for small fighters. I stopped fighting those who gossiped about me… I stopped fighting with my in laws… I stopped fighting for attention… I stopped fighting to meet peoples expectation of me… I stopped fighting for my rights with inconsiderate people… I stopped fighting to please everyone… I stopped fighting to prove they were wrong about me… I left […]

Proactive Coaching  “A FATHER’S FINAL WORDS!!! Don’t wait to do something…a message unlike any other “Don’t wait to do something” …a few simple words …a short phrase …a father’s dying message I don’t typically watch the Masters until the final few holes on Championship Sunday. That changed this year after I heard about Sam Bennett’s story. Sam, an amateur from Texas, was near the top of the leader board most of the tournament. Sam, 23 and still competing in college, didn’t blink one time. He didn’t look nervous and definitely […]

A Pause For Beauty The Heron Dance Art Journal: A Pause for Beauty: Christopher Robin came down from the Forest to the Bridge, feeling all sunny and careless, and just as if twice nineteen didn’t matter a bit, as it didn’t on such a happy afternoon, and he thought that if he stood on the bottom rail of the bridge, and leant over, and watched the river slipping slowly away beneath him, then he would suddenly know everything that there was to be known.    — From Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. […]