A while ago I asked if you would achieve your goals, and at the risk of giving away the article’s punchline — I told you that I had no way of knowing the answer to that question. It is entirely in your court to decide whether or not your goals are realistic and achievable (and […]
There is an element of risk in most things that you do everyday. It is a risky thing to drive to work in the morning. It is a risky thing to cook on your grill each weekend. And it’s a risky thing to pitch a creative idea to someone who can say “no”. The odds […]
I suppose now you’d simply call it a “playlist” and easily create a collection of songs on Spotify, but back in my youth we’d work hard to create the perfect sequence of greatest hits (usually recorded from live radio) and record them on a cassette which we call a mix tape. Mix Tapes might have […]
You probably know the principles for which you stand, but do the people you’re trying to serve? The American flag is full of symbolism… The stripes represent the original 13 colonies The stars represent the 50 states of the Union The color red symbolizes hardiness and valor The white symbolizes purity and innocence The blue […]
As retail stores begin to reopen and serve customers in a post-shutdown world, I’ve been pleased to see that most are requiring their workers to wear face masks, and most employees I’ve seen understand the need for additional safety measures on behalf of their customers and appear to grin and bear it. Or at least […]
In a past article I talked about meeting with the people who energize you and the people who exhaust you. My advice was to meet with as many of the former as you can and with as few of the latter as possible, but what do you do when you have to meet with too […]
While most people probably know that Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing the telephone, a lot fewer people will know that a man named Elisha Gray from Barnesville, Ohio actually documented the idea for the telephone in his journal almost a full month prior to Bell’s first sketch of his invention. However, Gray’s business […]