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For the 50 most admired companies overall, FORTUNE's survey asked businesspeople to vote for the companies that they admired most, from any industry.1 Apple2 Berkshire Hathaway3 Toyota Motor4 Google5 Johnson & Johnson6 Procter & Gamble7* FedEx7* Southwest Airlines9 General Electric10 Microsoft11 Wal-Mart Stores12 Coca-Cola13 Walt Disney14...

The Sack Lunches> > I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned seat. It was going to be a long flight. 'I'm glad I have a good book to read, perhaps I will get a short nap,' I thought.> > Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle and filled all the vacant seats, totally surrounding me. I decided to start a conversation.> > 'Where are you headed?' I...

I just got back from driving two thousand miles on vacation with my son before he leaves for college, and I'm proud to say that we did it "old school." That means with a map, not a GPS, no power windows, no power door locks, and no cruise control. And when we couldn't find something...we asked for directions! I've taken each of the kids out for a week "out West" before they left for college,...

“Methinks you’re lucky to be alive.” “What do you mean? How so?” “You’re lucky that you never ran into a wall, fell down a flight of stairs or an open manhole. This prescription that the optometrist sent over for you was pretty strong. From the looks of things, he thinks, you’re blind … an accident waiting to happen,” the technician says. Then she hands me a set of...

Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. After 11 years as a management consultant, she embarked on a new life of adventure by rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Her unlikely transformation from office worker to ocean rower, described with humor and soul-baring honesty in her blogs, captivated a worldwide audience. Roz is now...

I received three letters in the mail ordering evaluations of some of my medical conditions. In...