Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Wally Armstrong and Ken Blanchard

American Authors of "The Mulligan: A Parable of Second Chances"

"If your self-worth is a function of your performance plus the opinions of others and neither of these are predictable, then your self-worth is up for grabs every day."

"When we base our self-worth on our performance plus the opinion of others we will miss out on the joy of true significance."

"Life is an amazing gift and we enjoy every aspect of it more when we know our purpose and reason for living."

"Many of us spend our whole lives pursuing illusive things such as wealth, power, and status. These things are not bad, but if we make them the focal point of our existence, we will end up missing the greatest joys of life. When we base our sense of value and worth on our performance and the opinions of others, we live on a perpetual roller coaster. If our performance is good and people affirm us, we feel great. But, if we are struggling to meet our goals and others begin to look down on us . . . you know what happens. We begin to feel bad about who we are."

"In life, as in golf - you get good breaks you deserve, you get good breaks you don't deserve, you get bad breaks you deserve, you get bad breaks you don't deserve. Sometimes you are performing or playing better than you should and you have to deal with success. Sometimes you are performing worse than you should and you have to deal with failure. "

"You become an adult when you realize you are here to serve and not to be served, to give and not to get"

"The result of rejecting God's offer of forgiveness is to Going Out Lost Forever. On the other hand, when we accept His ultimate mulligan... God Offers Love and Forgiveness"