Dave Freudenthal took office as Wyoming's 31st governor on Jan. 6, 2003. Gov. Freudenthal was born in Thermopolis in 1950, the seventh of eight children. He grew up on the family farm north of town. Farm life taught him to fix things by himself and to reuse every scrap of wood. To help pay for college, he worked construction jobs, including welding tanks. After graduating from Amherst College in 1973,he returned to Wyoming. While working for the state first as an economist for the Wyoming Department of Economic Planning and Development and then as the state planning coordinator, Freudenthal simultaneously earned a law degree from the University of Wyoming. He practiced law in Cheyenne from 1980 until he was appointed United States Attorney for Wyoming in 1994. Dave and his wife Nancy have four children: Don, Hillary, Bret and Katie. He enjoys spending time with his family, hunting, fishing and restoring sheep wagons, Airstream trailers and antique furniture.
"I'm fond of the old carpenter's rule, 'Measure twice and cut once,' and find this to be applicable in many areas of life.
Whether you're talking about raising a family, fixing a tire or making policy, it's important to think things through on the front end before you make the
cut -- or the decision.
My kids might roll their eyes since they have heard this many times before, but this way of thinking has helped me avoid some pitfalls in my life. Whether you're cutting a fine piece of wood or working on an old timber you pulled from the scrap heap, you simply can't go back and undo it once you've made a cut.
Likewise in life, you simply can't undo some actions or decisions. If you think it through carefully before you do it, it often works out better in the end."
Posted in Words_of_wisdom on Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:00 am Updated: 8:09 am. | Tags: Gov, Dave, Freudenthal, Words, Wisdom, April, 29, 2009
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