It’s a fair statement to say that I’m probably weird when it comes to ancient history. I don’t start history at World War II, with the Civil War, or even with the Renaissance. I don’t even really start at the Bronze Age. If the truth be told, I actually start from there and go back to the [...]

Charles Darwin created a theory of the development of species and natural selection without any clear comprehension of genetics. That notwithstanding, he got it ostensibly correct. He had no idea that genetic codes were as unambiguous as they are turning out to be, but he nevertheless realized that there was a powerful force, functioning in [...]

I just got finished watching, at Janet’s request, the 1400th show Ellen has broadcast, apparently last night.  She had her typical potpourri of guests on the show, which was just fine.  But more substantially, she had a fast-moving retrospective of some of her shows along the way. What was intriguing to me when I had penned [...]

So, at 8 years old, my sweetheart Isabella, I suspect as a result of watching either Nickelodeon or Disney or both, is now into karate. She is chomping at the bit to get involved. Her rationale is the fact that if she were ever attacked by any “bad men,” she’d be able to defend herself by [...]

There apparently has been a seismic shift on the planet . . . well, not exactly my planet, but certainly my wife Janet’s. Apparently, Oprah really is gone and Ellen Degeneres seems to be the beneficiary. I happened to walk into the bedroom when all of the kids were down a few nights ago, and Janet was pretty [...]

Well, after my last post, I thought it best to shift back to business and focus on a subject with some operational take-aways for us all. I had read an article about a year ago. It was actually about myself and the seminar business I had built. It talked about the fact that I had [...]

I was thinking several months ago when I first drafted this blog about an incredible passage from Dante Alighieri’s Inferno.  It sounded like this (pardoning the misspellings and grammar):  “Nel’ Medso Del Camin’ Di Nostra Vita, Mi Recevai in una Selva Oscura Dove La Via Era Smarrita.” I translate it loosely as:  “In the middle of the [...]

Let me give President Obama a reprieve for a few days, especially after the abomination (or is it obamanation) of his Thursday evening performance pretending to the nation that he has a clue as to how to create jobs in a free enterprise system.  So, it occurred to me, for today’s blog, that I switch to a [...]

As I was blogging about my teaching moments with Isabella on selling two weeks ago, something occurred to me I thought I’d spotlight in a separate posting, one of my five rules of selling–a sense of urgency in the sale. There is probably no one who executed that with greater aplomb than Barrack Obama in his bid [...]

I’ve never been able to abide individuals who, when you are talking to them one-on-one, appear so unbelievably committed. Indeed, they are actually passionate about what they are saying and, on a one-on-one basis, they exude the highest level of credibility and reliability. And then, you leave the meeting, encounter, Starbuck’s coffee, or otherwise, with the [...]