“In your business, and in my business, you better have a good ‘forgetery’ to survive.”
~ Friendly Neighborhood Police Officer to Lou Vickery after someone hit a game winning grand slam off of him in the 9th inning.
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The Voice of Generational Wisdom: Lou Vickery’s 3 Rules for Longevity, Purpose, and Surviving the Impossible
Lou Vickery, former New York Yankees pitcher, five-time career changer, and prolific author, is a living testament to the power of continuous engagement and an unwavering positive outlook. As the self-described “Voice of Generational Wisdom”, Lou brings a wealth of experience from 67 years in the workplace—from the pitcher’s mound to Wall Street to the broadcasting booth. His story is a powerful blueprint for anyone seeking to live a life of meaning, health, and purpose, regardless of age.
Rule 1: Never Stop Being Actively Engaged
Lou Vickery’s remarkable journey is defined by a commitment to reinvention and contribution. His career began at age 17 in professional baseball, pitching for organizations like the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees over 10 seasons. A shoulder injury ended his pitching career, but it only led to his second act.
After earning a college degree at age 28, Lou transitioned into the financial world, becoming a stockbroker with Merrill Lynch in New York. He quickly realized he wasn’t built for a stationary role, noting, “I’ve just not made to be in one spot. I need to be actively engaged”. This core belief in active engagement led to four more distinct careers:
- A 29-year stint as a traveling speaker and trainer, engaging with thousands of people across the country.
- Hosting a successful radio show for 17 years.
- Venturing into television broadcasting.
- Maintaining a prolific writing habit, authoring 26 books over 45 years.
Rule 2: The Power of Physical Activity is Life-Saving
Lou’s unwavering commitment to an active lifestyle proved to be literally life-saving. Four and a half years ago, he contracted a severe case of COVID-19, leading to a 22-day hospital stay where his family was told he might not survive.
Upon his release, Lou vividly recalls his doctor’s words: “Mr. Vickery, those tanned legs save your life.”. This statement was the medical confirmation of a lifetime philosophy. Lou’s habit of staying physically active—he still plays three sets of tennis regularly—gave his body the resilience to overcome a critical illness.
His message is clear and compelling:
“One of the things I talk to people about I try to persuade is stay active. Have your regular exercise program, do something. God only gave us one body… we need to take care of it as long as we can.”
Rule 3: Maintain a Purpose-Driven, Positive Outlook
Beyond physical engagement, Lou emphasizes the vital importance of mental and spiritual purpose. His attitude sets the tone for his philosophy: “There’s only two kinds of days in my life: good and better”.
His motivation to continue writing—he commits to writing three books a year—stems from a deep desire to share his vast knowledge. Lou has a “computer full of information” collected over his 67-year career and feels a deep responsibility to share it to “add to other people’s lives”. He firmly believes he has a purpose to continue contributing, a belief that sustained him during his 22 days of isolation in the hospital.
For those feeling alone, whether physically or spiritually, Lou Vickery’s life provides an answer: Active engagement is the key to longevity, but a higher purpose is the key to a fulfilled existence. By cultivating an active body and a purposeful mind, we not only improve our quality of life on Earth but also fulfill our calling to connect with and serve one another.
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Staying Actively Engaged, the Power of Positivity, & the Voice of Generational Wisdom w/ Lou Vickery
David Pasqualone: Hello, friend. Welcome to this week’s episode of The Remarkable People Podcast, the Lou Vickery story. If you’ve heard that name before, you’re probably into Major League baseball. Lou played pro ball. He was a closing pitcher left-handed for the New York Yankees. He had 10 seasons, I believe. He also went into stock trading.
He’s an author, he was a broadcaster, and you’re going to see he’s done so much more in his life. He talks about staying active. He talks about 22 days in the hospital and almost dying from COVID. He talks about how he’s written 26 books and how he still has a plan and a purpose for the rest of his days, even though he may not know how long they are.
So his story is inspiring to me. It’s inspiring to you and it’s inspiring to anybody who listens and thinks about what he’s saying. He’s considered and has a show, Lou Vickery, [00:01:00] the Voice of Generational Wisdom, and you’re going to see why in this episode. So get your favorite beverage, get a pen and paper and be ready to take notes.
But like our slogan said, when the episode’s over, be ready to apply those notes. You don’t wanna just listen to great content. But you want to do what you know you need to do. You want to repeat it each day and form those good habits so you can have a great life in this world. But more importantly, as you’re going to see Lou and I discuss an eternity to come with our Lord and Savior, so I’m David Pasqualone alone.
Thank you for being here today. Enjoy this episode with our Remarkable friend, Lou Vickery now!
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Lou Vickery: David. There’s only two kinds of days in my life good and better and this has been a better one.
David Pasqualone: That’s fantastic. So I was just telling our listeners a little bit about you and what to expect in this episode, but right from the source, right from you.
Our listeners, some have been with us seven years, some have been with us now, seven seconds. Some people are in Australia, the United Kingdom or the Middle East, where a large percentage of our listeners are in America, but wherever they’re from, whatever their background is. If they stick through your episode, what do you guarantee they’re going to get or learn that they can apply to their life to have an even better existence on this planet?
Lou Vickery: You know, David, I, I [00:03:00] am noted as the voice of generational wisdom, and I think a lot that is the tag that I have and I’ve been using it. And the reason for that is that I have been in the workplace 67 years. I started out at 17 years of age to play professional baseball, and I have continued to be actively engaged in something.
For all the years since I left home at age 17. And so, you know, I think what I bring to people is that I’ve had tremendous amount of exposure. I’ve been in every state in the union, I’ve been, I’ve spoken in every city with 150,000 people more so I pro I know I, we were about tests two or three years ago.
We’re trying to estimate. How many people I have met and how many people, maybe I have contributed something positive to their life by [00:04:00] what I’ve said, or maybe what I’ve written. I have written 20 now 26 books and we still have 12 of those in print. I’m just, I tell you what, it’s the ability, the excitement to be actively engaged with other human beings.
That keeps me going and I, I find that both intriguing and, and I’m absolutely thankful that the good Lord has given me an opportunity to be able, even at my age, to continually engage myself with others.
David Pasqualone: All right, ladies and gentlemen, you heard it right from Lou. When we get back from the short affiliate break, we’re going to talk with Lou, hear his life story, hear what God’s done in his life, but we’re also going to talk about the wisdom and the engagement with humans that matters.
You know, the Bible says, love God and love thy neighbor as thyself. So we’re going to hear Lou’s story and so [00:05:00] much more. But like the bottom line is you come to this show so you can listen, you can do, and you can repeat the good wisdom that Lou shares so you can have an even better life in this world, but most importantly, an eternity to come.
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David Pasqualone: All right, Lou, welcome back. Let’s do this. So you have a Remarkable life. I sat down with you over lunch. It was a beautiful experience to get to know you and your bride. But tell us, tell us where did your life start?
Go through your journey and bring us through to today.
Lou Vickery: As I mentioned, I, after high school, I. Actually, I, I wanna back up because I wanna share something. In April of my senior year in high school, I had a falling from the Lord to be actively engaged. I, I can remember so distinctly that [00:07:00] I was so touched and the Lord was asking me or just, now Lou, I got something special I want you to do.
Well, I’m not sure I answered that calling at the time because my heart was set on playing professional baseball. I went into baseball. I spent 10 seasons playing. I was a left-handed pitcher. I played in the St. Louis Cardinal and New York Yankee organizations. So I, I’ve had that kind of exposure from a standpoint of being in athletics and, and numerous books that I’ve written have had an athletic call.
But I’ve had five distinct careers, and by distinct, I mean they were distinct. After I left professional baseball, I went back to college and got a degree at age 28, and then proceeded to join Merrill Lynch in New York. I went back to New York. I had been there previously [00:08:00] with, to, with the Yankees. So I went back to New York and got involved as a stockbroker.
By the way, David, my career ended because of a bad shoulder. I in injured my shoulder and as a pitcher I wasn’t able to compete. So I went to New York and got involved as a stockbroker. Went to Dallas to sell the bonds on the Dallas Fort Worth airport, the new airport they were building there in 1970.
And, like Dallas real well, moved my family to Dallas and, and, and stayed there for five years. Wasn’t, I wouldn’t say I was the greatest stockbroker in the world. I’ve just not made to be in one spot. I need to be actively engaged. And so I answered an ad and the Wall Street Journal seeking someone to train for as a speaker and I had spoken, around Dallas and the Dallas area based on some financial meetings previous to that and found out I did a pretty good [00:09:00] job on my feet. So I made the decision that I would answer that. I, and I got the position and I trained to I trained to train and spent 29 years traveling the country seeing all the beautiful parts of this country.
And, meeting thousands and thousands of people and having a chance to engage with them on my feet. And I did that as I mentioned, for 29 years. Then I decided to retire and I wanted to do a radio show. So I met a couple guys that were involved and they asked me to join them, and then I spent the greater part of 17 years doing that.
I decided I wanted to do a TV gig. I did that through the COVID years and through all this starting in 1980. I have written books. I have this, I mentioned 26 of ’em out in [00:10:00] over 45 years. But David, the, the thing I wanna really share is what happened to me four and a half years ago, four and a half years ago, I.
I had COVID and I had it real bad. In fact, it was so bad that my family was told on the fifth day I was in the hospital that I probably wouldn’t make it. But by the grace of God, I’m here and I wanna share this ’cause I take, it’s vitally important. I stay active. I’m well up into my winter years. Age wise, and I stay active.
I played tennis on a regular, but in fact, I played three sets this morning. And the reason I mentioned that is because after 22 days in the hospital, they said, okay, we’re going to let you go [00:11:00] home. We wasn’t quite prepared. I had to go home with a breathing machine, but I went home, I walked outta the hospital, and when they released me, I remember what the doctor told me.
He says, Mr. Vickery, those tanned legs save your life. And I added yes on a lot of prayer and he nodded his head and it did. But the tanned legs meant that I had been actively engaged. David, one of the things I talked to people about I try to persuade is stay active. Have your regular exercise, exercise program, do something.
As Yogi Bear once said, God only gave us one body, and you know something, we need to take care of it as long as we can. I don’t know how much longer that the Lord’s going to have me here, but I can promise you one thing, I’m going to stay active. I’m going to be actively [00:12:00] engaged. I’m writing three books a year.
I’ve already have two out for this year, and got another one to come probably in December. The reason I’m doing that is because David, I have, I have a computer full of information that I have collected over these years, and I want to share it as much of it as I possibly can, and that’s my motivation. If I had to have any, what, I am just so thankful that I’m here and I can still share.
David Pasqualone: And you know, that I’m sure was a very hard time because nobody knew at that point was COVID real? Was it exaggerated? Was there a cure? Was there not a cure? Is it really as contagious as they say? And then you’re being, you were probably alone during that time too, right? And in quarantine.
Lou Vickery: Yeah, yeah.
David Pasqualone: Your, your family couldn’t 22 days
Lou Vickery: [00:13:00] in a, in a room by myself.
You know, basically a nurse comes in and, and they’re wearing masks and so forth. And you know, interesting. David, I do not remember much about those 22 days. I can just remember two so incidents, we won’t talk about those, but the big factor was that I survived. There’s a reason in my heart why the Lord gave me an opportunity to continue and to hopefully add to other people’s lives.
David Pasqualone: Yes. And when you woke up, obviously it was a change of life, at least for that time, like when you started remembering things. So for our listeners, whether they’re physically alone. Or whether they’re feeling emotionally and spiritually alone. What are some of the things that you recommend to keep moving forward to get better?
To live a full healthy life? You said one of ’em, like Yogi Berra said, stay [00:14:00] physically active. What are That’s correct. One of the things you do to keep yourself moving forward.
Lou Vickery: You know, I think it’s so important that we do things to keep ourself mentally. I am right now in the midst of reworking a project.
May I show something? I’m going to show a book if I may. Yeah, a hundred percent there.
David Pasqualone: Can you see it? Yep. The, so for the audience listening on podcast only, I’ll put a link in the show notes, and if you’re on my website looking at Lou’s information, it’ll be right there. If you’re listening in the podcast only, then we’ll put a link so you can click to his book.
If you are watching this, you know, Lou showing his book. So go ahead, Lou.
Lou Vickery: Oh,
David Pasqualone: good. That book,
Lou Vickery: the book I showed you is titled Notes From God. I worked 16 years on this project, and the reason for that is if you are [00:15:00] going to express a, a note from God, you better be able to back it up biblically. And so what I’ve done and what we’re in the process of doing, I said we, I have other people to assist me with it.
Is that we present a statement or a note and then we have a Bible verse, and we’re in the process, David, of creating a perpetual calendar. So every day there is something that’s available to take a look at. Now I’m just going to open the book, if I may, to one specific notify and to pr. It states, praise me for who I am, not for what I am capable of providing through Jesus.
Therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise or with such sacrifice. [00:16:00] God is pleased. Hebrews 1315 through six 15 and 16. That’s what we’re doing. We’re in the process of doing 365, actually 366 messages.
David Pasqualone: Yeah. That verse has always intrigued me because it says a sacrifice of praise. Yeah.
And that’s an interesting phrase. God makes no mistakes. And I feel like as a human, I understand it, but there’s so much more I don’t understand. You know, there’s different layers of getting it. What’s your take on that? The sacrifice of praise? I don’t know. Maybe you never even thought about it, but,
Lou Vickery: well, I, and it’s in fact over the time after you do it so much.
You know, the thing is that I, I think life moves so fast for us, David, that we just don’t think through things sometimes and sacrifice. What does sacrifice mean? Sacrifice means you give up something, but isn’t it easy [00:17:00] to accept praise, but not so easy for a lot of people to give it? And I think what God is saying, I want you to.
Lay your praise on me. Put it out there. You know, I don’t so sure. We thank God enough for what he does for us. You know, we always, well, what you going to do for me? Right? Well, do we talk enough and share enough about what God does for what he has done in our lives? And he, in that phrase, a bone ha. I should have stayed the page, ’cause the one just before that actually related to that.
But I, I’ve since have set the book aside, but I can, I can guarantee you what we want to do with this project is to be able to, each day you can look and see a note and a biblical verse. Hopefully that adds to that verse.
David Pasqualone: Beautiful, beautiful Lou. [00:18:00] So. People listening now, we talked about staying physically active, whether it’s walking, whether it’s playing tennis, whether it’s doing juujitsu, whatever it is that you love.
Just do something active. We talked about how you’re engaging your mind. Writing books, reading books, spending time with God in the Good book, right, the Bible. What are other things that you recommend that helped you? ’cause I’m sure you didn’t just get sick for 22 days and everything’s better. It was probably a process of recovery, correct?
Lou Vickery: Right. You know, I, I think the, the big thing is that mentally we, people retire, and I listen to this all the time, David, it is a little concern of mine. We retired after doing something. Some people, I was engaged in a conversation with a guy just two days ago, 42 years, and he says, Lou, I don’t know what to do myself.
And I said, what do you really, really enjoy doing? He says, I love gardening. [00:19:00] Well then garden, get you a garden. Do something that you really enjoy doing. You know, one of the things, one of the notes in here says, your heart is my garden. Tend it. Well, and I think about that. That’s what God has planted in us, see has planted us.
That’s his garden. That’s where he. Plants things for us to be engaged in, to talk about, to share with each other, to share with ourselves. And I think that, you know, David, and just about every book that I’ve written in recent years, I’ve talked about the importance of how we speak to ourselves. I call it the language of success.
You know, the, the easiest thing in the world to do is to be puff. It takes no talent to do that. Oh, you, I, I’ve listened to [00:20:00] guys on a tennis court. Why you big dummy. You? Well, you know, tell that to your subconscious. That’s, and that’s what happens all if you constantly talking down yourself and not, Hey, we were, we were born in the image of God.
Is there more positive force in this whole wide universe than God himself? No. So that, what does he telling us? I expect you to be a positive person. I expect you to do things in my name because you are created in my image and I really, really, as I sit here and I talk about this. I think about are we engaged in talking up ourselves?
Are we engaged in talking down ourselves? Are we engaged in talking up others? [00:21:00] Are we engaged in talking down others? Are we engaged in being, having that positivity about us that will carry over wherever we go and whatever we do. And I think in this world that’s where we are today is is super important.
David Pasqualone: Yeah. And whether you’re playing for the Yankees or whether you’re in broadcasting, or whether you’re selling stocks or whether you’re doing anything, there’s ups and downs in life. How did you keep yourself positive and motivated forward instead of dwelling on the negative?
Lou Vickery: I gotta share story with you.
Okay. This is a baseball story. It is during my playing days. It’s a ninth inning, and I hope everyone understands. I’ll try to make this explanation the best I can so you can understand it. With the ninth inning and my job on the [00:22:00] team as the pitcher, at that time, David was as a closer. It was my job to come in at the end of the game when we have a lead and hold the lead.
Well, in this particular case, we’re leading six to one. So the general feeling was by the manager. He didn’t need me in the game at that stage. Well, the next thing you know is in the bottom of the ninth inning is the last inning we’re leading six to one, as I mentioned, and they start the, the opposing team starts a rally.
Here comes the call. I’m left-handed, so the call came from me to warm up. So I warmed up and by the time I get into the game, there are two outs, the basis of loaded, and the score is six to three. David, I come in and throw one pitch and the guy hits a home run, a grand slam home run. That’s four runs. We lose a game seven [00:23:00] to six.
Well, at two o’clock in the morning, I cannot sleep. And so I get up and I dress and I go outside for a walk outside the hotel. We were on the road and I bumped into a police officer and he says to me, says, son, what in the world are you doing out here at this time of the morning? And I told him what happened?
David, I’ll never forget what he told me ’cause I’ve had it in every book I’ve written since. He pointed his finger and tapped me on the chest. He says, in your business and in my business, you better have a goodery. And I said, Forgety officer. Yep. You better have a good, forget you better put it behind you and move ahead.
David, I think over these years that has been something that has absolutely been a plus for me. [00:24:00] I’ve been in a plane crash. I’ve been in an earthquake. I’ve been in two tornadoes and four hurricanes. I’m here because I’ve been blessed. We all have been blessed. So there, how do I get through the. Detours and the roadblocks.
I have a great forget. I put it behind me and says, okay, what’s next? What’s the next challenge?
David Pasqualone: Yeah, that’s a great way to look at life and so important because. We can all remember the past and have it drown us. You know? We have to be able to forgive and learn from it, but move forward, that’s so important. It’s so hard sometimes. It’s so hard. So for you, you came in, somebody else made a mess. You were trying to clean it [00:25:00] up and that dude just cranked that ball out.
Lou Vickery: It didn’t work for me, that case. So yeah. Yeah.
David Pasqualone: These poles a fickle sport. You could be the hero in the in, and 10 seconds later you’re the villain. You know, the one
Lou Vickery: thing about sports is you know the results right away. You know, you don’t have to think about, you know, if I do this, what’s going to happen a week, six weeks, three months down the road?
Because you’re going to know the results right away. I mean, when I select a pitch to throw that pitch, that’s it. And if it’s not a good one. Hey, you suffer the consequences. And you know, I think a lot of lessons are learned in sports. I, I, I personally, and that’s the reason I’ve written quite a number of, of sports related books.
And I want to share one that is really this one. I, and I think I may have shared this one with you. It’s called Winning the Head Game Key to Athletic Success. Well. I, I, I can walk across the street to, over to the high school, [00:26:00] and I can see athletes over there that have just as much talent as guys that play in the major leagues.
But the difference is, is what happens from the shoulders up as they develop. You know, there’s one thing you can always count on, is that your attitude is going to determine your altitude and if you, the, the closer you become. To doing things in a positive, upbeat way, the more engaged you’re going to be in doing things the right way.
And I hope I said it the right way.
David Pasqualone: No, it makes total sense. Total sense. Well, Lou, you’ve lived a lot of life. You’ve brought us wisdom today. Is there anything else in your heart that you feel like God wants you to share before we wrap up this episode of the Remarkable People Podcast? Well.
Lou Vickery: So, you know, the, the thing I would want to share is that we need to stay actively engaged.
God created us that [00:27:00] way. He didn’t, you know, there’s one thing that I can promise you. God, it never provides us a place to quit. As long as we’re Dr. Drawing breath and we engage with people, we need to do what we can to help our fellow man, David relationships. Are the greatest source of earthly things God has provided for us.
The number one thing is the ability to share and enjoy other people and to help each other. That’s what God’s love’s all about, and that’s what He wants our love to be all about.
David Pasqualone: Yeah, I couldn’t agree more. I think Jesus made that clear. Yeah, love God. Love thy neighbor as thyself, and it’s amen. Having a relationship, not a religion. If you have a religion that’ll send you to hell fast. But if you have a relationship with Christ, that’s going to save you for eternity. [00:28:00] So that’s great words of wisdom to live by.
So, Lou, I gotta ask you, before we wrap up the show, I have a personal question for the whole world to listen to with us. What was it like? Being a Yankee from the creation of the Major League baseball has always been an honor. So what was it like being a New York Yankee, but also what was it like going to Boston and playing the Red Sox?
Because that, that’s my home team. And I mean, well, you
Lou Vickery: know, I, I one of my former roommates was later became the manager of the Boston Red Sox, Joe Morgan. And, you know, my Southern accent and Joe’s that you know, all you Massachusetts folks, somebody around Boston got that parked the car by the curb at you’ve, you’ve done well, you’ve, you’ve passed a lot of years along.
But I remember one thing he Joe told me, Vickie, you go into the potty. And I said, potty. No, I don’t know what you mean. We ha we’re [00:29:00] having a team party, you know, a get together. I thought he was talking about going to the potty. I think, and I never forgot that it was, but the, the ability to understand.
But you know what it was like just having the opportunity to, to do some things from a, from a baseball standpoint and have an opportunity to be there. You know, there’s only at that time when there only 16 major League teams. There’s, there’s 30 now. So the, the, the, the ability to be just be there is worth it is just something through the years that you cannot just pass off.
Because it was a blessing. God gave me some talent and I was fortunate enough to use it from a physical standpoint, but, you know, once that was over with, it still had to do it. God does not provide us a place to quit. There’s nowhere in the Bible that he talk. Do we have anything? Jesus never [00:30:00] talked about just giving up and not continuing to move ourselves and to be actively engaged in life.
Life is a blessing and we need to take, make sure we maximize our use of it.
David Pasqualone: That is true and I think that we should end the episode on that note. ’cause that’s powerful. We need to think about that. You know, life’s like a vapor. It appear for a moment, then it vanish it the away. And we all need to reflect.
Like Lou said, many times in this episode, if God has you here, there’s a purpose and we need to all, you know, what is God’s? Maybe there’s an overarching vision for our whole life, but then there’s also what’s the next mission? So. If you don’t know what the vision is, be praying about it, but also just, God, what do you want me to do today?
You know, what’s my next step? And then he’ll keep showing you more and more ahead. And would you agree or disagree with that, Lou?
Lou Vickery: I, I agree. I [00:31:00] agree. And you’re absolutely right. Yeah. So can I share, can I share a personal Yeah, a hundred percent. This is
David Pasqualone: your episode. Yeah.
Lou Vickery: I, I want this. If somebody has an interest in.
I, all my information is at am Amazon, but in the notes from God, professor Calendar that I’ve put together, if they would like to, to have more information about that is upward up w upward press6@gmail.com. I’d love to hear from some folks and love to pass along that information. That calendar would be ready in December.
But hey, we can take orders now.
David Pasqualone: Absolutely. And that’s the final thing we do in our show. As our listeners know, who’ve been with us. All loose notes and links will be in our show notes. But Lou, if someone wants to continue the conversation, learn more, swap stories, what’s the best way for them to reach you?[00:32:00]
Lou Vickery: Well, they can reach me at that address at Upward Press six. And remember now it’s upward, not upward, upward because everything I want to talk about David is up upward. I want to express myself in a, a positive, upbeat way upward. press6@gmail.com. We, the website has undergoing some, some work thanks to you, but we but that’s, it’s a wise word. A wise word is my brand. I, and a wise word, the voice of generational wisdom. I you know, David, I’m just so blessed that I have these opportunities and I like to thank you for providing this platform and for not only myself, but for other people, and to spread the words that Jesus would place on our heart.
Go, go spread by good news.
David Pasqualone: Amen. Ladies and [00:33:00] gentlemen, we love you. Share this episode with your family and friends. Let’s encourage as many people as we can. If you have a question for Lou, reach out to him. If you want to check out that perpetual calendar, go to the link that he sent you or reach out to him at his email.
And again, all this is in the show notes, but more than anything, both Lou and I have a relationship with God and we want you to have that relationship as well. So if you have any questions about the Lord. Ask us, but you don’t need us. You know it’s nice to have somebody to help you explain things out of the Bible so you know you’re getting truth.
Not an opinion, but the Bible says, for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. It doesn’t say you might be or you have to be a certain culture or you have to be a certain color. There’s one race, the human race, and God says there’s no difference between the Jew and the Greek. He loves us all thankfully.
So check out Lou’s website, check out Lou’s calendar, check out 26 books. I think he said [00:34:00] 12 are still in print. And Lou, thank you so much for being here today. You’ve had a Remarkable life and thank you for sharing it with us,
Lou Vickery: David. The pleasure was mine. Thank you so very much . , and God bless everyone.
David Pasqualone: Amen. Ladies and gentlemen, we’ll see you in the next episode. Ciao.
David Pasqualone: Ladies and gentlemen, I sincerely hope this show has inspired you. The whole purpose of The Remarkable People Podcast is to inspire you, to motivate you into action, to help you have an even better life, to overcome things you’ve not yet been able to overcome or to grow to the next level that you never thought possible.
And all of this, not just to benefit you in this world, but to have you come to a relationship with God where it grows every day stronger. And not just this world is blessed, but your eternity is blessed. And we sincerely want to [00:35:00] do just that, and to glorify God. And we hope with this episode we accomplish that.
If we did. Please let me know. It’s great to be encouraged and to spread the word to our Remarkable guests that it helped in your life. If we didn’t, let me know. Write me an email. You can go to DavidPasqualone.com . Go to our contact us page and let me know what you think. I got tough skin. Let it rip.
Anything you can think of to make this a better podcast to help you grow and to glorify, God, I’m in. So that’s it. Thank you for listening to the podcast. Thank you for sending us feedback. If we can help you in any way, let us know. And if you can spread the word about the Remarkable People Podcast, share the episode to your friends, your family on social media.
It would be a huge honor and blessing. Again, I’m not trying to be the most famous podcast in the world for [00:36:00] my benefit, I truly want a podcast that’s the best podcast in the world to help as many people as we can to have a better life, come to know Christ, to grow in the Lord, and to have that salvation so they can be with God and peace and joy in eternity.
And right now we’re together on this earth, so let’s do everything we can to work together and help each other grow. Like the Bible says, love the Lord thy God as a first commandment. And the next command is to love thy neighbor as thyself. So let’s do it together. I’m David Pasqualone. I love you. Not as much as God loves you, but if I can help you in any way, just ask.
And again, please share this with your friends and family so we can help them too. Ciao and see you in the next episode.
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Guest Contact Info:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lou Vickery
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ Lou Vickery
- YouTube: https:/www.youtube.com/@awiseword
- Website: http://www.awiseword.life
Guest Bio:
Lou Vickery is a #1 International Best-Selling author. He has authored twenty-five books on a variety of topics. He is recognized as the Voice of Generational Wisdom. He has over 65 presentations on his YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/@awiseword. Lou’s work life has been an incredible journey. He has had four distinctively different careers: professional baseball player, stockbroker, sales trainer/motivational speaker, and a radio and TV talk show host. Pro baseball and/or speaking engagements have taken Lou to every state in the union except Alaska. He has spoken in every city with a population of over 150,000. His legacy: sixty-three years in the workplace and still going strong!! Currently, Lou is speaking on stages and at churches the country. Lou is also an avid tennis player. He is an active member of the National Men’s Tennis Association. Lou will be honored on August 10th with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alabama Senior Hall of Fame.