By Professor Jeff Willie Mark Twain once said, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” Life isn’t a sprint–life is a marathon of ups, downs, and turnarounds. Life is a marathon of stops, rethinks, reflections, self-assessments, readjustments,…
By Professor Jeff Willie | Contributor Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and now with the flare-up of racial unrest that is plaguing our nation—and by some accounts, racial unrest is considered a pandemic due to its global significance—we have seen more stress in the home. It is highly…
By Jeff Willie | Contributor In life, you don’t get what you want, you get what you expect. The key word is “Expectations.” Your word choice and your nonverbals like body language determine your expectations. What do you expect from your children? What are the modeling behaviors your children are…
An epiphany that inspired leadership, lifelong learning and a commitment to literacy BY KARYN BRODSKY Raising oneself up from extreme poverty is a major challenge for anyone to conquer, but it was Jeff Willie’s revelation at age 19 that would forever change his life. The current Allen, TX resident was…