http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com Every CHOICE has a consequence! Just ask Genarlow Wilson. Freed on October 26, 2007 after spending more than two years in Georgia State prison for a teen sex conviction, Genarlow became a "lighting rod" for Choices, Change and Consequences on many fronts.... http://www.articlealley.com/article_242497_24.html 08th November 2007 Most everywhere you turn when looking at sports these days you’ll see and hear stories about the prosecution of Michael Vick, the Atlanta Falcons football star quarterback. Expecting to be prepared to advance his career, Vick is now considering his opti... http://www.articlealley.com/article_204058_18.html 21st August 2007 Every month, for that matter every week, without fail, an indictment or an announcement about a prison sentence makes the news in a dramatic fashion. Now is no different. What is different is a trend that should capture attention – especially to those w... http://www.articlealley.com/article_203604_15.html 20th August 2007 The formal part of the presentation I was making to a church youth group had just finished, when I asked the group if they had any questions. One girl lifted her hand nervously and then asked, “What did your children think about their daddy going to pr... http://www.articlealley.com/article_191918_27.html 25th July 2007 While every media outlet is reporting that HealthSouth's founder, Richard Scrushy, was sentenced to six years and 10 months in Federal prison for bribery, there many looming questions that will likely be overshadowed by numerous shouts of judicial victory... http://www.articlealley.com/article_188801_27.html 23rd July 2007 It was a crisp October day in 1995, a day I hoped would never arrive. As we drove up to my newfound destination, I opened the car door, stepped out on the curb and 23 steps into a life changing experience. I walked in to Federal prison. What I did no... http://www.articlealley.com/article_188734_24.html 23rd July 2007 How often have I said in presentations around the country, "Every choice has a consequence! It is an inescapable truth...just like gravity." Yet, it seems like daily we are bombarded with media rich coverage about bad choices and the consequences that fol... http://www.articlealley.com/article_185826_18.html 13th July 2007 “As authentic self-knowledge begins to unfold, our principles, thoughts, commitments, and actions rise up to be in accord with who we truly are.” (Yasukiko Genku Kimura) Typically, integrity is perceived as it relates to the external world such as ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_185825_15.html 13th July 2007 Can a three week prison stay change a person? Hotel heiress Paris Hilton says yes. In her comments to people magazine Paris said, "I'm a good person. I'm a compassionate person. I have a big heart. I'm sincere, and they'll see." All comments made from a p... http://www.articlealley.com/article_185824_24.html 13th July 2007 Can a three week prison stay change a person? Hotel heiress Paris Hilton says yes. In her comments to people magazine Paris said, "I'm a good person. I'm a compassionate person. I have a big heart. I'm sincere, and they'll see." All comments made from a p... http://www.articlealley.com/article_180773_24.html 01st July 2007 Over the past few weeks we have seen Paris Hilton’s drama being played out very publicly. Violating probation by driving on a suspended license by no means would be so public for most of us. Rather, it is her celebrity status that brought it to the fore... http://www.articlealley.com/article_180629_28.html 01st July 2007 How often have I said in presentations around the country, "Every choice has a consequence! It is an inescapable truth...just like gravity." Yet, it seems like daily we are bombarded with media rich coverage about bad choices and the consequences that fol... http://www.articlealley.com/article_180627_15.html 01st July 2007 Unlike normal blog postings dealing with Choices, Ethics, and Consequences - my topics as a professional motivational speaker - it seemed appropriate today to speak of my complete recovery from prostate cancer hoping that it might help others who are face... http://www.articlealley.com/article_180625_17.html 01st July 2007 Just on CNN.com to day was an article on "The Secret," the book that has taken the world (literally) by storm outlining what has commonly become known as The Law of Attraction. While there is nothing new about this "Law" - it's been written about for deca... http://www.articlealley.com/article_180624_24.html 01st July 2007 “A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it”. (Jean De La Fontaine) Many people go through life searching for meaning and purpose. Some people don’t think about anything other than what they are doing today, while other fol... http://www.articlealley.com/article_124154_24.html 29th January 2007 “I don’t get it. I mean it’s just mind boggling to me! Its like every time she thinks about what she wants, it appears.” With some emotional exclamation, Mary questioned, “How does she do that?” The question Mary was asking has been ask... http://www.articlealley.com/article_124153_24.html 29th January 2007 “A man can fall many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” (John Burroughs) “Fire her, she set me up!” John yelled quite loudly. He was incredibly angry and for good reason. However, he was really angry at t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_121568_15.html 19th January 2007 A number of years ago, I received a call at work from my wife. She was very upset, excited and intense, “Guess what I just found out!?” It really wasn’t a question. I knew she would tell me with all the fervor she could muster, without me proddin... http://www.articlealley.com/article_121567_15.html 19th January 2007 “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Sir Winston Churchill Adversity is one of those words that when we hear it or it comes our way our inclination is to run and hide from it... http://www.articlealley.com/article_121566_15.html 19th January 2007 Henry just arrived home from a long day at work. He is reading the newspaper in his favorite chair waiting for dinner to be served. The phone rings. Henry yells out at the kids and his wife, “If it is for me tell them I not home”. Julie, his oldes... http://www.articlealley.com/article_120479_24.html 16th January 2007 Twenty-one years ago I made a choice. At the time it seemed so simple and insignificant. I sat there with three questions as I pondered the “opportunity”: Who would know? Who would care? And the cost – what cost? Little did I know at the time t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_120478_15.html 16th January 2007 It’s been said often, “Some folks can’t seem to see the forest for the trees.” Perhaps that’s true in any arena, but it seems that it’s rampant in sales, especially when sales are down. Time after time, when sales start to fall we find sale... http://www.articlealley.com/article_120477_64.html 16th January 2007 In a recent survey, teens reported, by a stunning margin (81%) that they felt “significant pressure” to succeed or achieve – no matter the cost. What’s more – those same teens expect the pressure to get worse as they enter the workforce. ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_119270_15.html 12th January 2007 If you posed this question to a fourth grader, what do you suppose their answer would be? “If a person were invited to speak to your class today and you saw them walking down the hall, how would you know that they are ‘somebody!’?” Better still,... http://www.articlealley.com/article_117311_15.html 06th January 2007 It seems that some things never change. As adults, we hear through the media, about the lack of ethics and the consequences of ethical lapses. They capture attention in almost every venue – from broadcast to internet to print. Whether we hear about E... http://www.articlealley.com/article_117034_15.html 06th January 2007 “It’s just uncanny,” one of his sales directors said, “but every month somehow he pulls it off. He just never misses his sales targets. I just don’t get it. What is he doing different?” That question was asked with passion and a certain fr... http://www.articlealley.com/article_117033_24.html 06th January 2007 Over ten years ago I learned a profound lesson: You reap what you sow. While many people feel that they can avoid consequences - one thing is for sure – consequences are inevitable. Every choice we make will ultimately yield a result. In my case, une... http://www.articlealley.com/article_115472_15.html 02nd January 2007 With over ten years behind me since I walked in to Federal Prison, I can clearly see the effects of the choices we make. We can wander in the illusion of life and think that we have eluded the consequences of our choices, but those consequences are inesc... http://www.articlealley.com/article_115363_24.html 01st January 2007 Have you ever had one of those “ah-ha” moments when you quickly gained a greater awareness than you ever had before? I must say, that as bad as I felt in this place, prison was an intense learning lab. I didn’t know that going in, but in retrospec... http://www.articlealley.com/article_115362_24.html 01st January 2007 Competent, educated and in prison – I would never have considered that this is where I would be some 11 years ago. But, there are consequences to every choice we make and though one might think that we can avoid the consequences – we can’t. They ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_114349_15.html 27th December 2006