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Baldwin H. Tom CMC, FIMC
Washington, DC
Certified Management Consultant (TM), past national chair of IMC USA, former executive director of the American Leadership Forum, former university professor, and Dragon Boat paddler.
Interests: God, family, health (working out), travel, eating out, golf, movies, and making a difference in people's lives
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Benefits of Sequestration, Cost Reductions, and Furloughs
Americans seem to excel when we are faced with a crisis! My view is that unless we face a crisis with our backs against the wall, or we are between a rock and a hard place we don't take action... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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Get More Hours Out of Life
Living continues to be challenging, hectic, and tiring if we don't find ways to offset the constant need to work and to achieve. We need a break! A vacation would be nice, but then it takes money and time to... Continue reading
Posted Apr 28, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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A Patriotic Visit -- Gettysburg Battle at 150 years
For the first time, Madeline and I visited the July 1863 American Civil War battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the site of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address. This is another situation where you have to be there to absorb the sights... Continue reading
Posted Apr 14, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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Faith, Heaven, Books, Miracles, Easter
THIS entry completes the historical collection of topics around spiritual topics from 2009. Two years ago, I removed this set of blogs in order not to imply that my Firm was endorsing my philosophy. My spiritual topics are not meant... Continue reading
Posted Mar 31, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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More Thoughts around Spiritual Matters
THIS entry is a collection of topics around spiritual topics. Two years ago, I removed this set of blogs in order not to imply that my Firm was endorsing my philosophy. My spiritual topics are not meant to influence others,... Continue reading
Posted Mar 24, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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Spirituality - My Journey and Thoughts
THIS entry contains part of the historical collection of topics around spiritual topics from 2009. Two years ago, I removed this set of blogs in order not to imply that my Firm was endorsing my philosophy. My spiritual topics are... Continue reading
Posted Mar 17, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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Stay Young Like a Child!
Trust you know we are living longer, but sicker. (Blog of February 03, 2013; FLASH -- We are living longer ... but sicker!) So what are you doing about living longer and sicker? Here's a thought, focus on living longer... Continue reading
Posted Mar 10, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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A Transplanted Heart Remembers!
In a prior blog I spoke about getting hives for the fourth time in the same places on my body. I concluded that my cells had memory even for allergic responses and that is why there was specificity in the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 3, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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Proof of Heaven!
My guess is that from time to time many of us wonder about life after death. Maybe we hope there is something to what religion tells us that there is a heaven, a place where we will live a wonderful... Continue reading
Posted Feb 24, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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Growing Old Positively!
Growing old does not need to be the negative event we often consider it. In a book by Mark Batterson (ID: The True You, Xulon Press, 2004), I read with great interest the perspective that those who have been around... Continue reading
Posted Feb 17, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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Faith and Science
In today’s day and age, technology and information surround us in ways we could not conceive even a few years ago. Almost anything you could possibly want to know is probably ‘out there’ somewhere in the cloud. As science and... Continue reading
Posted Feb 10, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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FLASH -- We are living longer ... but sicker!
As more aches and pains show up and take longer to heal, I pay more attention to news about health issues. This group of articles about life expectancy caught my eye. Globally, life expectancy has risen. The good news? More... Continue reading
Posted Feb 3, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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Anticipation Lowers Anxiety?
The other morning as I was cleaning up, a thought came to mind. We should be less anxious about the future since we have so many technologies that help us anticipate it, right? After all, if we know what is... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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Need Adrenaline Rush? Cross a Bridge!
Posted Jan 20, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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Household Incomes and Mental Health Link?
Is it the competitive spirit that causes me to want to know how my income fares against the other states? Whatever the reason, I stopped to read about household incomes for 2011 (published in aarp.org/bulletin, Dec 2012). The information source... Continue reading
Posted Jan 13, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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Cal Alumnus U.S. Ambassador Stevens
When someone famous turns out to have attended the same school you did, there is an amount of pride in that knowledge. Just as I went to George Washington High School in San Francisco where Johnny Mathis attended and that... Continue reading
Posted Jan 6, 2013 at Ignite the Promise
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Another New Year Already?!
Each new year finds me considering where I have been, how far I have traveled, and what lies ahead. In other words, it's a good time to reflect on life. One of the things Madeline and I have noticed is... Continue reading
Posted Dec 30, 2012 at Ignite the Promise
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It's Christmas again, yeh!
While some want to eliminate the meaning of Christmas, yet still celebrate the holiday, I don't hesitate to remind myself that this day commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ from whom comes the Christian ethic that guided most of our... Continue reading
Posted Dec 23, 2012 at Ignite the Promise
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Resiliency and 'Bounce'
During the past year, Madeline and I have been giving serious thought about how we might be able to help wounded warriors -- soldiers and families who have been traumatized by military service. The focus is on those whose wounds... Continue reading
Posted Dec 16, 2012 at Ignite the Promise
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Mindfulness -- Free at Last!
Do you find yourself going around and around the same mountain of "should-a, would-a, could-a's" and become a slave to your thoughts? Practicing Mindfulness can actually help set you free and give you some peace. As a Chaplain, I continually... Continue reading
Posted Dec 9, 2012 at Ignite the Promise
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"Hard Work U" -- College of the Ozarks
I was so impressed with a recent visit to the College of the Ozarks (C of O, in Point Lookout, MO), just 2-miles south of Branson and 40-miles south of Springfield, that I want to share that visit with you.... Continue reading
Posted Dec 2, 2012 at Ignite the Promise
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Adam Keys -- Courage of an American/Canadian
At the closing of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC in August 2011, I met Army Sgt. Adam Keys. He was being serenaded in a special song ("Through a Soldier's Eyes") by guest singer Theresa Sareo (who I... Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2012 at Ignite the Promise
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lululemon athletica
Posted Nov 18, 2012 at Ignite the Promise
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Update: Theresa Sareo Film Festival Awards
Posted Nov 11, 2012 at Ignite the Promise
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Hurricane Sandy -- Storm of the Century!
Madeline and I were witnesses to an historic weather moment -- Hurricane Sandy causing more damage than any storm in a 100 years! I am recording for the record our preparations for Sandy for what turned out to be a... Continue reading
Posted Nov 4, 2012 at Ignite the Promise
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