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Inspiring Others Through Competitive Giving

It’s the biggest weekend in college basketball. Four teams have emerged as the best from each corner of the bracket, and they will collide…

Mar 31, 2018

Mar 31, 2018

T. Boone Pickens

Congratulations to Mesa Natural Gas Solutions on its 2017 Freedom Award

A handful of companies from across the country recently flew out to Washington, D.C. for an award ceremony at the Pentagon. They were…

Oct 29, 2017

Oct 29, 2017

T. Boone Pickens

Philanthropic Competition: The Pickens-Abraham Foundation

A reporter once asked me, “Do you consider yourself a Texan or a Oklahoman?”

Oct 13, 2017

Philanthropic Competition: The Pickens-Abraham Foundation

Oct 13, 2017

T. Boone Pickens

An Open Letter To America’s Governors

I have always been for an all-the-above approach to this nation’s energy policy, but that doesn’t mean we need to jam a square peg in a…

Sep 15, 2017

Sep 15, 2017

T. Boone Pickens

Accepting (or Embracing) Mortality

The other day, my team uncovered some videos of the news interviews I had done back in the 1980s. Those were heady times. It was the start…

Jul 28, 2017

Jul 28, 2017

T. Boone Pickens

You can just never, ever, give up.

I recently turned 89 years old, mindful of the fact I’m now 24 years beyond traditional retirement age.

Jul 26, 2017

Jul 26, 2017

T. Boone Pickens

My First Bad Deal: 10 Cents a Lawn

My first job was mowing lawns. Then I got a paper route. Then I jumped on a bad deal, and the person who got the better of me was my…

Jun 27, 2017

Jun 27, 2017

T. Boone Pickens

An Open Letter to This Year’s Graduating Seniors

This time of the year makes me look to those of you at universities and high schools across this country who are eager for new worlds to…

May 23, 2017

May 23, 2017

T. Boone Pickens

It’s okay to be wrong. But learn from it.

Acknowledge your mistakes. Some can hurt and be costly. I know all too well. Just make sure you remember the doors that smashed your…

Apr 14, 2017

Apr 14, 2017

T. Boone Pickens

How Volkswagen Is Shaping America’s Energy Future

Volkswagen, the storied German automaker, pleaded guilty last week to three felony counts as part of a $4.3 billion settlement reached with…

Mar 14, 2017

Mar 14, 2017

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