by Bill Marsh Jr | Mar 12, 2024 | Personal Branding, Self-Development
This time of year, luck is often top of mind. Have you ever wondered why some people seem to live charmed lives, full of lucky breaks, while others fall victim to one misfortune after another? In his landmark book, The Luck Factor, Professor Richard Wiseman from the...
by Bill Marsh Jr | Feb 21, 2024 | Leadership, Personal Branding, Self-Development
Bill Buckner was one of the most prolific first basemen of his generation. In a career spanning more than two decades–from 1969 through 1990–Buckner set a single-season record for assists that stood for 25 years. But despite his long and productive major...
by Bill Marsh Jr | Nov 29, 2023 | Leadership, Personal Branding, Self-Development
On January 28th, 1986 during an unseasonably cold morning in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the worst disaster in the history of the U.S. space program shook the nation. Just 72 seconds after takeoff, the Challenger shuttle erupted in a fiery explosion, killing all seven...
by Bill Marsh Jr | Aug 29, 2023 | Personal Branding, Personal Health, Self-Development
A few years ago, a friend sent me a daily devotional featuring an excerpt from a book called “The Circle Maker” by pastor Mark Batterson. He makes an insightful observation about aging that stopped me in my tracks. “Neuroimaging has shown that as we age,...
by Bill Marsh Jr | Jul 19, 2023 | Personal Branding, Personal Health, Self-Development
My first big opportunity in the auto business came in the summer of 1986 when my father, determined to avoid the nepotism so prevalent in family-owned businesses, purchased a tiny Ford dealership in Honor, Michigan, and commissioned my brother and me to run it by...
by Bill Marsh Jr | Jun 12, 2023 | Leadership, Personal Branding
From 1946 until the late 1980s, the Polk Brothers dominated the retail appliance business in Chicago, turning a single, family-owned store they built on Chicago’s Northwest side in 1935 into a multi-chain retail giant that grew into one of the biggest appliance...
