Category: Fettig, Art
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Art Fettig: Seeking Synergism
Synergism Did you ever dip into the meaning of the word “Synergism” synergism (noun) the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. Ever so often when I encounter that word I have a flood of good memories…
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Art Fettig: Hymn Sing
Hymn sing. Yes, at our little church on a recent Sunday Morning we celebrated a good old fashioned Hymn Sing. No sermon. No preachin’. It was truly a blessed event because music is a powerful way to convey the Lord’s word. I was truly moved by this blessing. Barbara Younger, the organizer and leader of…
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Art Fettig: Remembering Greg
Synergism When I perform monthly at our local Senior Day Care Center I share the songs I’ve written that Greg Brayton and I recorded from 1997- 2001. There were 57 songs in all and it was one of the happiest, most creative experiences of my lifetime. I would take my sows ear set of lyrics…
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Art Fettig: Storms and Sentiments
But remember, Irma has the right to change her mind. Sitting here in our peaceful home located in Hillsborough, North Carolina half way between the Blue Ridge mountains and the Atlantic Ocean watching weather reports recently as I have gone through varying degrees of interest. Although I possess some love and concern for all Americans…
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Lost in the Crowd – by Art Fettig
Say Something Good Orange Community Players/Annie We just attended the final performance of Annie and I can vouch for the fact that not one person on that stage today left anything behind. Everyone in the cast performed like a dedicated performer and it was such a joy to be in that audience. During a musical…
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Stringless Banjo? By Art Fettig
My double-headed stringless banjo adventure I saw it listed in a senior’s programs booklet. “Share Your Songs”. I drove over to Chapel Hill to their Senior Center and met two young (by my standards but old by most’s,) gentlemen with guitars. The notice said to bring our acoustic instruments. Are finger bongos an “acoustic instrument”?…
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Art Fettig: My Double-headed Stringless Banjo Adventure
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo August 7, 2017 In this Issue o My double-headed stringless banjo adventure o Say Something Good o Points To Ponder o A Little Humor o Quote o To Subscribe My double-headed stringless banjo adventure I saw it listed in a senior’s programs booklet. “Share Your Songs”. I drove over to…
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Art Fettig: Renewal
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo July 13, 2009 In This Issue o Renewal o Say Something Good o Visit Our Website o Points To Ponder o A Little Humor o Quote of the Week o To Subscribe Renewal “Sometimes our candle goes out, but is blown into flame by an encounter with another human being.”…
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Say Something Good – Church Choirs by Art Fettig
Church choirs. Here at our church we are blessed with a terrific choir. Each Christmas time they present a special concert and this year I have been asked to introduce one of the numbers. The other evening I attended their choir practice and for the first time I witnessed all of the hard work that…
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Courage – A Poem by Art Fettig
Courage – © Art Fettig Courage—That stuff of which Heroes and heroines are made. God, I need a ton of it And more for what I must soon do. To change those things I can— Courage—that will be a start. The courage to live my life, Twenty-four hours at a time. The courage to face…
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Art Fettig’s Newsletter: Courage – July 6, 2009
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo Originally published and distributed: July 6, 2009 In This Issue o Courage o Say Something Good o Visit Our Website o Points To Ponder o A Little Humor o Quote of the Week o To Subscribe Courage It takes real courage to work in the safety field. Sometimes resistance is…
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Art Fettig’s Quote of the Week – Brian Tracy
Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a goal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really commit themselves to, which they can put their whole heart and soul into. Brian Tracy References: BrianTracy.com Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Tweets by BrianTracy
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Art Fettig’s Longfellows
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo July 31, 2017 In this Issue o Longfellows o Say Something Good o Points To Ponder o A Little Humor o Quote o To Subscribe Longfellows I’m a poet, my feet show it. They’re Longfellows. I’ve been called a lot of strange things in my career but not since high…
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Discount Coupons by Art Fettig
Discount coupons. Man, we have been livin’ high on the hog lately dining out with discount coupons. We had a terrific lunch at a Mexican Restaurant and the bill was just $7 for the two of us. Then we went in for a snack at Hardy’s and had two jumbo chili dogs and two double…
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My First Published Book by Art Fettig
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo July 24th, 2017 800-441-7676 or 919-732-6994 artfettig@aol.com In this Issue o My First Published Book o Say Something Good o Points To Ponder o A Little Humor o Quote o To Subscribe My First Published Book In 1973 I had my first book published. I went to church one morning…
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Art Fettig – Interacting to Communicate
A very short video nugget showing Art Fettig, author, humorist and professional speaker, at a safety presentation for the military in Hawaii.
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Beyond Duh! Creativity in Action by Art Fettig
A book for everyone who ever had a great idea! Develop your own creativity! Nourish creativity in others! Expand your imagination for fun and profit! Use you subconscious mind 24 hours a day Write a book, a dynamic presentation, a song! Turn on that creative genius within you! Make creativity the key to your expanding…
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Marcel Proust
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust Marcel Proust: In Search of Lost Time [volumes 1 to 7] (ReadOn Classics) Kindle Edition In Search of Lost Time (French: À la recherche du temps perdu)— previously also translated as Remembrance of…
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Robin S. Sharma
Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers. – Robin S. Sharma
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Hats and Caps by Art Fettig
Caps: I was dining alone at a local burger haven and as I sat watching the cars go by a little man came in and sat at the next table. He wore one of those veteran’s caps with a row of ribbons and a combat rifleman’s badge and the cap said “World War II”. The…
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Monday Morning Memo – June 26, 2017
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo June 26, 2017 800-441-7676 or 919-732-6994 artfettig@aol.com In this Issue o Bosses o Say Something Good o Points To Ponder o A Little Humor o Quote o To Subscribe Bosses I was just sitting here thinking of the bosses I have had in my life. I guess you might say…
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Bosses by Art Fettig
I was just sitting here thinking of the bosses I have had in my life. I guess you might say that every person I ever worked for was, in a way, a boss. It was my job to keep them happy. Then if you wanted to stretch things you might say it was my job…
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Stupid Is As Stupid Does by Art Fettig
Did you ever do anything really stupid? Things that cost you dearly? Maybe you lost a friend or a lover or a job or a career because of your stupidity. Maybe you got kicked out of school or were publicly humiliated. Maybe you went to jail. Now if you are expecting me to go on…
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Art Fettig – “How The Years Fly Bye”
Jean and I will have been married over 90 years as you read this. (Not all of those years to each other.) I was married 39 years previously and she was 35 years. May 19th we will have been married 16 years together. We met online. I lived in Battle Creek, Michigan and she lived…
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Not Dancing in the Dark – Art Fettig Newsletter – June 22, 2009
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo June 22, 2009 800-441-7676 or 919-732-6994 artfettig@aol.com In This Issue o Not Dancing in the Dark o Say Something Good o Visit Our Website o Points To Ponder o A Little Humor o Quote of the Week o To Subscribe Not Dancing in the Dark Shin: device for finding furniture…
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Make A Circle by Art Fettig
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo June 15, 2009 800-441-7676 or 919-732-6994 artfettig@aol.com In This Issue o Make a Circle o Say Something Good o Visit Our Website o Points To Ponder o A Little Humor o Quote of the Week o To Subscribe Make a Circle One of my favorite illustrations for a speech was…
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Make a Circle
One of my favorite illustrations for a speech was asking the audience to make a circle with their thumb and their index finger. Hold it right up there. Now, all together, bring the circle down to your chin. (I would make the circle with my right hand to demonstrate and then bring the circle down…
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Hermon Goring – Points to Ponder by Art Fettig
Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked. and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. Hermon Goring
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Father’s Day Thoughts by Art Fettig
Father’s Day. Another old custom created by the greeting card industry. Just the same, it is nice to be remembered with a phone call or an e-mail and there isn’t a big investment involved. May God bless America and keep out troops from harm.
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History Lesson by Art Fettig
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo April 13, 2009 800-441-7676 or 919-732-6994 artfettig@aol.com In This Issue o History Lesson o Say Something Good o Visit Our Website o Points To Ponder o A Little Humor o Quote of the Week o To Subscribe History Lesson The US Standard railroad gauge (distance between rails) is 4 feet,…
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Richard E. Byrd
Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used. Richard E. Byrd
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Humungus Bonus
Humiliated, the American Corporation laid off the rower for poor performance and gave the top executives a humungus bonus for discovering the problem.
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Judy Reeves
Writers by nature, and artists in general, cannot be people pleasers. It’s not our job to please. It’s our job to tell the truth. Judy Reeves
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Springtime in Hillsborough
I am certain that you have your own favorite place to celebrate a warm spring day. When the trees are blossoming it can be a truly awesome sight. We’ve had a few flowers bloom here already and the taste of spring is in the air. Tough Winter I always think of spring as the time…
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Monday Morning Memo – April 6, 2009
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo April 6 , 2009 800-441-7676 or 919-732-6994 artfettig@aol.com In This Issue o Dim Down the Light o Say Something Good o Visit Our Website o Points To Ponder o A Little Humor o Quote of the Week o To Subscribe Dim Down the Light Well, I suppose that you have…
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Dim Down the Light by Art Fettig
Well, I suppose that you have all now heard by now that Guiding Light the CBS soap opera that’s been in existence for 72 years — since 1937 on the radio and 1952 on the television — will air its final episode post-Summer. The Associated Press cites declining daytime ratings and budget as the reason…
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Playback – Art Fettig Newsletter – March 30, 2009
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo March 30, 2009 In This Issue o Playback o Say Something Good o Visit Our Website o Points To Ponder o A Little Humor o Quote of the Week o To Subscribe Playback I was watching the Sweet Eight games this weekend and occasionally when a player scored a field…
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Art Fettig’s Newsletter – Don’t Wait Too Long
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo March 23, 2009 800-441-7676 or 919-732-6994 artfettig@aol.com In This Issue o Don’t Wait Too Long o Say Something Good o Visit Our Website o Points To Ponder o A Little Humor o Quote of the Week o To Subscrib Don’t Wait Too Long I wrote a song with the above…
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Basketball by Art Fettig
Tyler Hansbrough Yes, it is that week end again when all the talk around here is the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. I’m sure that wherever you live there is some such critter. At the NCAA Selection Show tomorrow some 65 teams will be picked from around the nation for the NCCA battles. What is so…
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Art Fettig Nugget: Among My Souvenirs
Fifty Eagles Years ago, singer Connie Francis had a hit song with the above title and it was a sad song about a broken heart. Today as I sit at my computer I can swing around in my fine chair and see over fifty eagles on display and they bring me such happy memories. My…
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Among My Souvenirs by Art Fettig
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo March 16, 2009 800-441-7676 or 919-732-6994 artfettig@aol.com In This Issue o Among My Souvenirs o Say Something Good o Visit Our Website o Points To Ponder o A Little Humor o Quote of the Week o To Subscribe Among My Souvenirs Years ago, singer Connie Franncis had a hit song…
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Climbing an Icy Hill by Art Fettig
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo March 9, 2009 800-441-7676 or 919-732-6994 artfettig@aol.com In This Issue o Climbing An Icy Hill o Say Something Good o Visit Our Website o Points To Ponder o A Little Humor o Quote of the Week o To Subscribe Climbing an Icy Hill Sunday we drove over to a beautiful…
