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Warriors - I'm sitting here working on a talk for the North Carolina Purple Heart Assn. Annual Meeting Banquet and I have fifteen minutes following the Keynoter. I've done many hundreds of banquet presentations and twice now in the past I have looked out on the audi

Bein' Almost Andy - I suspect that by now, most of our readers know that I play the role of Almost Andy, an old coot who looks very much like Andy Griffith and shows up at some Mayberry events wearing a seersucker jacket possibly looking enough like Matlock to satisfy most.

While Looking For Something Else - Most of what I do these days and most of what I find comes when I am trying accomplish and when I am looking for something else. Take this picture for instance. When I was a kid I always said I'd own a brand new convertible one day.

April Fools Day - Did you survive yesterday OK? April Fools Day is a day set aside for all of us to try to make fools out of our friends. Of course some of them might become EX-friends but no matter.

Evaluating Losers - If you've ever had an evaluation, remember, it could have been worse. The following are reported to be actual quotes taken from Federal Government employees performance evaluations.

I Cain't Talk Southern - I just spent a month and a half proving something. I cain't talk Southern. I cain't.

Such a Waste - I heard it on the evening news first the other day, and now I just read it in our weekly newspaper.

Letting Go - Whenever I hear about some political person who is in hot water announce that he is resigning in order to spend more time with his or her family I sort of chuckle.

Visualize Your Future - "Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved your goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing when you've reached your goal." This is a quote from Earl Nightingale, a famous radio guru and success advocate of the past and it came

Expectations - Occasionally I find myself far too much engaged in those walks down memory lane. When I discover this I ask myself a bold question. "Art, "I say, "All that was then. What about today? Just what are you looking forward to right now and in the future?" If

Rehearsal - When is the last time that you rehearsed something important that you planned to say? Or maybe you are so talented that you can just wing your way through life. I've been rehearsing pages of lines that I will be saying in a theatre production late next

No Parachute - When asked what surprised him most about humanity, the Dalai Lama answered, Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy

Cut Off Your Nose - Did you ever hear the expression, "He'd cut off his nose to spite his face."? It means to do something, out of spite and desire to be difficult, that hurts oneself more than anyone else. I'd guess that all of us have been guilty of that in our lifetime.

Do We Remember? - On November 19th, 1863 at the dedication for the cemetery for those who had died at Gettysburg Edward Everett was the orator of the day and his speech lasted over two hours. Then Lincoln rose, a sheet of paper in his hand and before the jaded crowd could

Teaching and Learning - I have often heard instructors say that they learn a whole lot more by teaching a subject than the students learn. I gave a three hour presentation in Buffalo years ago and as I was speaking I suddenly discovered that I wasn't in the safety field at all.

Anniversary, November 9, 1951 - At Maigo Rie, Korea on the morning of November 9th, 1951 we had a total of 44 men in our 1st Platoon. Able Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cav Regiment, 1st Cav Division. In late December I we learned that of those 44, five had been killed, two permanently

Almost Andy - Art Fettig is "Almost Andy" and he was a huge hit at the Mt. Airy Mayberry Days recently. He presents banquet and convention humor programs and since he is a dead ringer for Andy Griffith he provides photo ops for your guests. There are a dozen different

Investing in Ourselves - If you asked me what the best investment I ever made, I would have to say it was the $12 I paid to take the Christopher Leadership Course back in 1957. It might have been $16 now that I think about it. And maybe it was one night a week for six or was it

Crossroad of a Million Private Lives - When I was a kid growing up in Michigan there was a radio show I sometimes listened to and it began with that above statement. Each week they performed a drama presentation about just one of those lives.

All Hat--No Land - It reminded me of the day that a friend of mine who is now a well respected all time best selling author and advisor to many and also a multi-millionaire bought him a PhD and he invited me to get my PhD from a questionable California University.

Make Someone Happy - The famous psychologist, Karl Menninger, might have given us a magic key to handling stress and unhappiness in our lives.

The Old Man and the CD - A Novel by Art Fettog - If you ever chased a dream then you will love this story. But when is it too late to keep on chasing your dream? Art Fleming, retired motivational humorist and as yet undiscovered song writer decides that he wants a 'hit song' for his 80th birthday.

Transmission - We were sending a manuscript of a new book to the printer the other day and he suggested we use a certain transmission device we had not used before. Jean and I did everything correctly we figured and then when the printer sent us a proof of the cover it

Art Fettig - November 15, 2010 - On the Friday before Halloween we had big doings here in our little town of Hillsborough, NC.

Art Fettig Newsletter - November 8, 2010 - Last week in Part 1, we saw how the South Seas explorer Captain James Cook of the Royal Navy was able to implement an effective five-point safety program to manage the risks of scurvy aboard ship.