{"id":1225,"date":"2017-03-01T14:17:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T19:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2017-06-18T21:59:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T01:59:39","slug":"regis-philbin-%e2%80%9cwhat-i%e2%80%99ve-learned%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=1225","title":{"rendered":"Regis Philbin: \u201cWhat I\u2019ve learned\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He was American\u2019s &#8220;#1 Favourite Morning Personality&#8221; \u2013 Regis Philbin. \u00a0Here&#8217;s Regis on his life\u2019s lessons.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I understand the psychology of the average guy because that\u2019s who I am.<\/li>\n<li>I grew up in a house trailer in North Carolina with no indoor plumbing. You never forget the rainy, cold days when you\u2019d have to go so badly and the only place was outside to the privy. Likewise, you never forget the real hot summer days, either. It was quite odorific, let me tell you.<\/li>\n<li>No regrets. None. Not even the beatings when I was a child. I used those to learn and grow and benefit. I saw how dysfunctional marriages work and was not going to have one. And I don\u2019t. Linda and I have probably had five or six arguments in our thirty-eight years of marriage.<\/li>\n<li>You have to learn from everything. It\u2019s like the old expression: If it doesn\u2019t kill you, it makes you stronger. That\u2019s really true \u2013 if you work at it.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m opinionated. I\u2019m a disciplinarian. I\u2019m real big on respect. I was on the road a lot. And I\u2019m sure when I was home, the kids wanted me back on the road.<\/li>\n<li>I never met a man who was better than me. At the same time, I\u2019m no better than anyone I\u2019ve ever met.<\/li>\n<li>The world is a complex place. Very complex. Often you will find that the people you think are the good guys aren\u2019t. And the people portrayed as the bad guys aren\u2019t that bad. I\u2019m not necessarily saying they\u2019re good. But they\u2019re not that bad. They\u2019re misunderstood.<\/li>\n<li>When you can\u2019t fathom, that\u2019s God.<\/li>\n<li>If I could meet anybody, it\u2019d be Martin Luther King Jr. I\u2019d like to know what it was like to be him. He was without a doubt one of the greatest orators of all time. He took such risks \u2013 unfortunately, the ultimate risk \u2013 for what he believed in. he changed America a lot, and all for the better. I\u2019m not saying he was a saint. None of us are.<\/li>\n<li>When you can thrill an audience, it\u2019s second only to being able to cure a disease.<\/li>\n<li>Giving it to the audience is probably the easiest thing to do. Finding out what they truly want is probably the most difficult.<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t work. My work is not work. I love what I do.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Ed. &#8211; From a 2005 <em>Esquire<\/em> magazine column \u201cWhat I\u2019ve learned\u201d)<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was American\u2019s &#8220;#1 Favourite Morning Personality&#8221; \u2013 Regis Philbin. \u00a0Here&#8217;s Regis on his life\u2019s lessons. I understand the psychology of the average guy because that\u2019s who I am. I grew up in a house trailer in North Carolina with no indoor plumbing. 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