Celebrity Interview: Ray Kroc, Founder of McDonald’s
Why Americans Need to Be Winners
"I'd Rather Be #1 Than Anything Else."
Ray in Front Eating
At age 52, when most people look toward retirement, Ray Kroc began McDonald's, a big company that has remained the # 1 restaurant chain in the world for about half a century. Via his McDonald's franchises, it is believed that he probably made multimillionaires of more people in a shorter time than any other person in modern history. In 1974, he purchased the San Diego Padres baseball franchise. He was, and his estate continues to be, a major philanthropist via the Kroc Foundation and the Ronald ...
Readers’ Choice: Laurie Willmott at Spirit Therapies – The Healing Power of Horses
Originally from Minnesota, Laurie grew up with a strong love for horses and children. She did not have her own horse until she was an adult but she had a dream that someday, somehow, she would be able to combine these two passions in such a way as to make a positive impact on the world.
Laurie spent 25 years as a hairstylist but when opportunities presented themselves she exchanged her scissors for curry combs and brushes and volunteered her time at a small program in Las Vegas that specialized in therapy on horseback. It was while at that program she ...
Bonny Diver — From Cancer Victim to Caregiver
Although never one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Bonny Diver’s horse gave her the best gift of all---the gift of a second chance at life.
Bonny Diver is a well-known radio personality in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2003, she fell off her horse and broke her shoulder. While inspecting the damage, she happened to discover a robin’s egg-sized lump on her breast. “It put me in shock because every woman is warned about a “lump.” That means cancer, and cancer means death.”
Bonny, who was 46 at the time, discovered that the lump was indeed cancer. She thought, “If the ...
Petty Officer 2nd Class Leon Doniphan — Without Hesitation
Petty Officer 2nd Class Leon Doniphan, a food service specialist aboard Cutter Alert in Astoria, Ore., poses for a photo in front of a Large Navigation Buoy on the Columbia River in Astoria. Doniphan swam to the aid of a young girl who was nearly swept underneath the buoy in September 2011. His actions most likely saved her life.
Search and Rescue is perhaps the most well known of all the Coast Guard missions.
The idea of the rescue itself, the direct, firsthand lifesaving opportunity, is the reason many Coast Guardsmen sign up. These individuals crave a chance to rise to the ...
Video Self Interview: Steve Jobs — Death Is Life’s Greatest Opportunity
Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who resigned from the company in the mid-1980s and returned a decade later to make Apple one of the most successful technology companies in the world, died on Oct 5, 2011. His accomplishments liken him to Thomas Edison and others as one of History's greatest inventors/innovators. He lacked a college degree, began by sleeping on the floors of his friends homes, and rose to a pinnacle of success seldom achieved by anyone. He is a Winner Against the Odds.
In the following Video he shares with all of us his struggles, thoughts, and most important, his philsophy on ...
Readers’ Choice: Lauren Beckley — A Forever Home
When asked why non-animal lovers should care about these things, Beckley says, “I can’t even register why anyone can’t care. If people can do such intentional harm to an animal, they can’t protect their own interests or call for help, why are we surprised when they do such harm to human beings?”
You’d never know by watching Lauren Beckley cuddling the playful puppy she temporarily names Benny that just a few days before she was in an all-out panic to save him from an uncertain future in a shelter.
“Everyone loves a puppy. That’s how America is…until they poop where they shouldn’t, ...
Celebrity Interview: Graham Nash, Donovan, et al: Peace Sunday — A World Wide Movement for Justice & Disarmament
The following interview from our Hall of Fame is republished as a New Year begins in the hope we all will come to our senses. Since I first published it in 1982, Corporatist Government, 9/11, worldwide protests against corrupt leaders -- each could easily replace Nuclear Arms as the subject of this interview since their negative impact has underscored the timeless message of Peace Sunday: Please Save Our World. Let the New Year be the dawn of a better world where everyone wins ...
More than 80,000 people filled the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California on June 6, 1982 to show their support for peace with justice and ...
Interview: Hall of Fame Jockey Bill Shoemaker: Part 1 Of 2
I conducted this interview with Hall of Fame Jockey, Bill Shoemaker and his wife, Cindy, in June 1980 at both Hollywood Park and at his home in San Marino, California.
At that time, Shoemaker, a legend in Thoroughbred Racing, had won more races -- more than 8000 -- and more money -- more than $82 million -- than any jockey in the history of the sport. He has won virtually every stakes race in America including 4 Kentucky Derbies, 2 Preaknesses, 5 Belmonts and 11 Triple Crowns.. Among Shoemaker's record-breaking totals are 10 National Money Titles and 5 championships as the Year's Winningest Rider. He won in ...
Phil Knight : The Man Behind the Myth
It is quite fitting that Nike Corp. be named after a Greek Goddess, as the company's co-founder, Phillip Hampson Knight, has become somewhat of a mythical figure himself. Phillip Hampson Knight, the 7.3 billion dollar net worth, enigmatic figure at the helm of the most successful athletic company in the history of the world, has become a legend, especially here in Oregon, his home state. Since Nike currently sells 40% of the nation's athletic footwear, it is sometimes easy to forget about the company's humble beginnings.
It started at a time when Phil Knight and his friend, Nike co-founder, college track ...
ex-Congressman Dennis Kucinich: How the U.S. Can Be A Global Winner
Congressman Kucinich, was there a time in your life when you had a really emotional low that you would share with us?
I would say that throughout my childhood every day was a set of challenges and I don't think it was much different from a lot of people I grew up with. So I don't want to say that we suffered and others didn't. However, it was an exciting and challenging period. My parents dealt with a lot of strife. There were seven children, a lot of illness in the family, and our family never owned a home. We moved ...
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