Fear is self-imposed, meaning it doesn’t exist, you create it, and you can destroy it. I love fear because behind every fear is a person you want to be. ---Jocelyn...
Song of the Month: “Whipping Post” by Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band Editor’s Comment: Rest In Peace, Dickie Betts. Betts’ most famous writing was “Ramblin Man” and while popular,...
Book of The Month: "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver Editor’s Note: (Thanks for the tip, Joe.) Imagine someone believing they could update Charles Dicken’s famous “David Copperfield” and get...
Joke of the Month: Bill in the Office My brother, Bill, was the President of a local bank and nurtured the image at work…well-dressed, formal speech, everything in its place. ...
Last month, I wrote about working at the polls to investigate the reality of election fraud. To those who suggested I’m naïve, I wrote: “I trust elections for the same...
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain...
Song of the Month: “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted” by Jimmy Ruffin, sung by Joan Osborne Editor’s Note: Thanks to my friend, Jim Sullivan, for passing this on to...
Book of The Month: "The Hunter" by Tana French Editor’s Note: Here’s a new genre for you – “Irish Crime Fiction”. That’s how this recently published work of Tana French...
Joke of the Month: Favorites of Terry It’s almost a year now since the funniest man I ever knew passed away. Here are a few of my favorite things my...
What has been your personal reaction to the news that our election system is flawed? By 2018’s primary election, I had heard enough about election integrity that I decided I...
Song of the Month: “Someone to Watch Over Me” by George Gershwin, Ella Fitzgerald Author’s note: Maybe it was just the mood I was in, but this song played in...
Book(s) of The Month: Inspirations for radical change, aka books that have given definition to my own search for meaning. Editor’s note: I didn’t read anything worth sharing this month. ...
Joke of the Month: Terry and Jan In keeping with my recent recollections of real-life funny stories, I recall my brother, Terry, running after his wife, Jan. They had argued...
It seems unfair that in America, those with the least ability to pay in fact pay more than those with sufficient means. This is because our risk and reward system...
Writing good business plans is a key to success, but good plans must accommodate searching and failing over time to be effective. Said differently, no plan is perfect – nor...
Successful organizations are more about hard work and effectively deploying people than they are about great ideas. Great ideas must be balanced by great work ethic, leadership and a balanced...
Great coaching creates great organizations. Be careful not to judge your players too soon. [more] I was an aspiring advertising agency exec on a pretty fast track but I’d just...
Favorite Book: The Last Ships from Hamburg - Steven Ujifusa Editor’s note: I like history in general and particularly about the world war periods. There is so much to learn...
In 1840, at the dawn of the information age, the king of Sardinia asked Charles Babbage what nearly instant messaging like the telegraph could possibly be good for. Twenty years...