You know I fly a lot. This year I’m platinum USAir and gold Delta so I spend many hours on flights and could probably do the flight announcements myself if the opportunity presented itself. But let me tell you about one evening on a USAirways flight inbound to Columbia, SC returning from speaking at a [...]
Dr. Tray Dunaway has new excuse for nauseated audiences.
In China, you can buy little red envelopes in many shops, including grocery stores, pharmacies, and even school supply stores. While some are inscribed with the characters indicating “double happiness,” (indicating the double happiness a wedding represents for two families), others simply translate as “big lucky” or “big successful.”
They are intended to hold money given [...]
I’m often asked by leadership teams to speak to organizations, particularly hospitals, (to both hospital and physician staffs), about “taking ownership” of the hospital or organization they work with or for.
Larry Murphy, a stellar USAirways flight attendant (more on Larry later), demonstrated “taking ownership” multiple times on my brief flight with him from Charlotte to [...]
On April 1, 2009 I became a beekeeper. Late spring last year we had a huge limb fall off an ancient oak into our driveway and onto our neighbor’s porch. When I discovered the previously unknown HOLLOW limb was full of bees, I was fascinated.
Jane kept saying, “Tray, quit being so happy… we’ve just had [...]
I returned from a trip to China a few weeks ago. Our Guide, Rene, was wonderful and hit me with a bit of inspired wisdom more than once.
In Shanghai, she described how a few sectors of the economy were driven by foreign investors, and with reference to one particular sector, Taiwanese investors were predominant. [...]
I was in the garden, tending to my bees, (more on this to come), and it started to rain. And then it poured. But I don’t mind rain after an experience I had camping with my son years ago.
A group of high school kids were camping with an outdoor club, (I was a chaperone), [...]
