Changed Lives

Header Image

Daughter's Death Leads to Renewed Purpose in Life

Patricia Fong was enjoying a typical workday at Amcore Investment Group on January 27, 2002 when she received a phone call that would change her life forever. The call was from her eighteen-year-old daughter, Megan, who was a freshman at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. An outstanding tennis player, Megan had earned a full athletic scholarship... >Full Story

Featured Articles

Practicing Law in a way that Serves Others

Profile on: Ed and Dorothy Sisam, Partners in their own law firm specializing in employment law. Their goal is to practice law in a way that is ethical, a way that serves others rather than perpetrating the vindictiveness that is often typical of the legal process. Not many people would consider becoming a lawyer in order to fight one. At... >Read More



How to Be Like Amelia Earhart

Don’t allow others to define you Earhart was praised after her Friendship flight, but she didn’t believe her press clippings. She looked for a way to earn that praise, and if she hadn’t, her name ­might have been forgotten a long time ago. Be honest with yourself Earhart wouldn’t allow herself to take credit for what Friendship...... >Read More



Baseball and Miracles

Profile on: Jerry Colangelo, Chairman/CEO Phoenix Suns, Arizona Diamondbacks During press interviews prior to embarking on the now legendary 2001 World Series against the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks Chairman and CEO Jerry Colangelo was asked what his prediction was for the outcome of the series. Jerry’s response was immediate. “I...... >Read More



Facing Bankruptcy

In 1979, three years after he had founded Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI), Dr. Jim Leininger was facing the bugbear of entrepreneurs everywhere - bankruptcy. From the beginning An emergency room physician from San Antonio, Texas, Jim founded his company on an invention that had been inspired by his work: the Roto Rest bed, a critical care bed...... >Read More



What Gives Life Meaning After the First Million?

Profile on: Rob LaMorte, owner of investment consulting company Behavioral Economics, Inc. Becoming a millionaire by age 35 and then retiring pretty much sums up the American dream for many young entrepreneurs. However, what do you do for a second act? And what gives your life meaning once the quest for financial security and personal fulfillment...... >Read More



Seeing Possibility

Profile on: Penny McCoy, youngest person named to the US National Ski Team, bronze medal winner at the World Championships in Chile Where other people saw only snow, Dave McCoy saw possibility. After the hydrographer’s research showed that Central California’s Mammoth Mountain had more snow than any other in the area, in 1953 he bought the...... >Read More



Married to a Multi-Millionaire

Profile on: Muriel Caven, prepared to live on a teacher's salary, her husbands success came as welcome surprise “I married a schoolteacher,” Muriel Caven says with a laugh when asked if she ever expected her husband Jerry’s life to take the course it did. Although Muriel always knew Jerry would be successful, she had no idea this biology...... >Read More


Start a Conversation

Latest Comments

  • Jamie said: That is a really hard place to be isn't it Shanice?!...
  • Jamie said: So how do you deal with that fear Evangeline?
  • tom said: This movie says it all! We as dads need to be the...