Make Your Own
In this world, even if you have wealthy parents, you should make your own way. Granted a few zeros will help you get your start, whether it is $1,000 or a million*. In our case, it was much closer to the Read More …
Category: opinion
It’s Not the Method
When you are really creative, the thing that matters most is being able to get the ideas out of your head and onto the paper or the screen. It’s not the method that matters – it is the result. It Read More …
Take The Pen
I like felt tip markers and I’m sorry to the gentleman who was in the audience during a panel session about outsourcing sales the other day when that’s all I had to offer to him. He said he would take Read More …
Here and There
The differences in life between here and there – where “there” is wherever you travel for business without the family – are great (as in divergent.) Besides the great distances, the hours, the time zone changes, it’s the lifestyle. Staying out late. Read More …
Between You and Me
I don’t have a secret. I just wanted to confirm that there is a difference between you and me. Well, there are probably many, but in this case, and for today, I mean the answer to the question “Why do Read More …
Leaders or Producers
What is better, having stong leaders or producers? Neither or both??? I was once told, that we (our department) had to have a balance. Not everyone could be a leader, some had to actually be producers of the work. We Read More …
How Are You?
When you start a conversation you can ask a question, but are you really looking for the answer, or just waiting to move on to the real issue? A simple: How are you? Did you like your meal? How did Read More …
The Best Of It
Life has to be more than making the best of it. But it doesn’t always have to be the best. From school, to work to living your days – hobbies, past-times and bringing up family – each moment can have Read More …
The Debate Continues
So, the debate continues. I have had at least 3 exchanges so far with our fresh grocer, and at this point, I am not ecstatic. I of course, had to go to the grocery store today, and that doesn’t always Read More …
Dead Presidents Deserve Recognition
Oh, a day off… of course, we are a-okay with it. The dead presidents deserve recognition and respect…as do the live ones. Have you ever seen a person who needs a day off more than anyone else than a president? Read More …