Kimberly Tilley rescues forgotten stories of early twentieth century America from obscurity. Her books, Grievous Deeds (2023); Has it Come to This? (2022), Cold Heart (2020), and The Poisoned Glass (2019) were Amazon category best-sellers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and India.
Kimberly owns OldSpirituals.com. She's very grateful for the wonderful community and two outstanding contributors to help fulfill the site's mission of rescuing fascinating stories from obscurity.
Kimberly is the cofounder of Pivot Talent Development LLC, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. PIVOT offers workshops, training, consulting, and coaching to help professionals improve performance, drive business impact, and transcend limitations.
Kimberly owns OldSpirituals.com. She's very grateful for the wonderful community and two outstanding contributors to help fulfill the site's mission of rescuing fascinating stories from obscurity.
Kimberly is the cofounder of Pivot Talent Development LLC, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. PIVOT offers workshops, training, consulting, and coaching to help professionals improve performance, drive business impact, and transcend limitations.
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Musical accompaniment: I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash.
Sometimes you just have to keep going and trust that it will be all right.
Missouri Historical Society
Thomas J. Hicks from the Cambridge, Massachusetts YMCA is shown here, leading the 1904 Olympic marathon runners at the 20-mile mark.
I subscribe to the principle that Kenny Rogers espouses in his song, “The Gambler.”
You got to know when to hold ’em Know when to fold ’em Know when to walk away And know when to run.
Wise words! (and a great song)
Good song!!
That’s hilarious! I’ve been singing that exact phrase in my head for the last 30 years. I worked in the Spa industry relying heavily on tips. Whenever anyone paid for a service in cash I resisted the urge to see what the tip was. Counting it wouldn’t change anything so I put the money in my pocket, thank my client, sing Kenny Rogers in my head and move onto the next client. Thanks for the laugh!
During my career I was responsible for company handling of union matters. I often said those Rogers words to myself when matters became contentious.
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For a time I was a visiting instructor at Indiana University’s extension campus in Northeast Indiana. The class was union and labor relations. I opened the first class offering those lyrics as a guiding principle.