WF Pride Recognition and Respect of Others Chad Cottingham I can remember sitting in the principal’s office for the first time. Not as a student, but as a teacher, going over my year-end evaluation. It was nerve wracking for someone just out of college and trying to make a mark on the world. What was he going to say? What did …
WF Pride: Positive Attitude and Passion for Life & Work
WF Pride Positive Attitude and Passion for Life & Work Chad Cottingham We all want to be happy in life, and we all know that having a positive attitude feels better than a negative one. But for some reason, we’re all attracted to and can be easily drawn to the negative side – the comments, the snide remarks, the gossiping and …
WF Pride: Focus on Unity and Humility
WF Pride Focus on Unity and Humility Chad Cottingham My friend Rob and I decided to head to campus a few days early before starting classes our sophomore year at Liberty University. We were hoping to meet some of the ‘new’ freshman girls. There the two of us stood, in the middle of the ‘courtyard’, talking and having a good time. …
WF Pride: Willingness and Desire to Sacrifice and Serve
WF Pride Willingness and Desire to Sacrifice and Serve Chad Cottingham A guide dog’s life is one of service. And a boxer trained as a seeing-eye dog, belonging to an Atlanta man, committed the ultimate act of service by laying down his life for his family. The dog, named Simon, helped lead legally blind Dave Furukawa for four years, but died …
WF Pride: Excel in Communication
WF Pride Excel in Communication Chad Cottingham When I was teacher, I used to love playing the ‘telephone’ game with my students. The game was simple but the impact was huge. Five students would be removed from the class. One student at a time would enter the room and be told information that they had to repeat to a classmate – …
WF Pride: Discipline and Accountability
WF Pride Discipline and Accountability Chad Cottingham Athletics have always been a huge part of my life. I grew up playing and competing in everything I could. It didn’t matter what it was, football, basketball, checkers, chess, Atari, marbles, etc… I wanted to win no matter what. Playing against two younger brothers forced me to never let down, to always give …
WF Pride: Integrity
WF Pride Integrity Chad Cottingham In southern California, a man and the woman went through a KFC drive through and ordered a chicken dinner for two. It was handed to them and they drove off. Come to find out, the man who was filling their order had taken a box where they had emptied the proceeds from one of the cash …
WF Pride: Recognition and Respect of Others
WF Pride Recognition and Respect of Others Chad Cottingham A homeless man in New York City rebuked a church employee one day. The church employee had found him going through a trash can on the side of the Manhattan church building. The employee was irritated, and said, “Hey, when you’re through with the can, put it all back, and make sure …
WF Pride: Positive Attitude and Passion for Life and Work
WF Pride Positive Attitude and Passion for Life and Work Chad Cottingham In December 2004, a massive tsunami devastated countries and regions in and around the Indian Ocean. The water swept away all obstacles – seawalls, buildings, boats, cars, trees, people and animals – the water just kept coming, almost in slow motion. Nothing could stop the energy and ‘passion’ of …
WF Pride: Focus on Unity and Humility
WF Pride Focus on Unity and Humility Chad Cottingham Television and other media outlets seem to be doing everything they can to divide our great nation. The death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri had the media acting like piranha, chewing and eating up anything but the truth, to drive a wedge between law enforcement and those that choose to break …