Author: pallas

I’ve been learning about control for a little more than 25 years. My initial work was on myself, and to this day, I strive to consider what I have control...

From Frank Bruni’s newsletters, here are a few great business names, delivered weekly by his readers.  PS Thanks to Carl Falb A plumbing company in Ithaca, N.Y., called  the Drain...

My career has been a long series of “finding out what people want or need, then giving it to them”.  That, in very few words is how to succeed in...

This is a tribute article but more to the future than the past. My friend and mentor, Rich Clark, passed suddenly at 71 last month. Rich spent the first 18...

How many narcissists does it take to screw in a light bulb? One. The narcissist holds the light bulb while the rest of the world revolves around them. 

My son, Timmy, listened patiently to my complicated description of a tough decision then asked me three simple questions: What is my goal? Why is that my goal? What will...

Editor’s Note:  Given the chance, America will take anything to an extreme.  When I in high school, 8 or 10 of my classmates would be absent on opening day of...

“You don’t trust me”. It hit me like a brick to the side of my head. But as I’ve grown older, I try hard to process input that I don’t...