5 Insights Into Sustained Success When my friend called to say he had a free concert ticket I told him I wasn’t interested. Believe it or not, I had not yet heard of Bon Jovi, but I knew enough about my friend’s musical tastes to steer clear. “No,” he responded…

On a recent stay in Spain I toured a bullfighting arena. Outside of enduring Hemingway’s fascination for the sport while reading some of his books (The Sun Also Rises is the biggest culprit), I hadn’t ever really given it much thought, truth be told. What I learned had the same…

I had just boarded an airplane when “that guy” entered, you know the one; he who conducts business calls on his cell phone as if he’s in a room by himself. …

People all have hobbies and interests, however peculiar. I once met a guy who had hundreds of aquariums throughout his house, each room stacked from floor to ceiling with fish tanks. Another I met in my sales career had Native American symbology everywhere in her house, because she was “part…

The Root of the Problem I have no idea why, or what compelled us to do so, but it appears that 27 years ago Terri and I invented the selfie. Things were different in those days. To begin with, we had to use a camera that had film (you can…

Always be moving — you must have endurance, be prepared for the long haul, but also be able to burst and sprint when needed. Passing — when a task comes to you, do your thing and then pass it along to where it needs to go next. …

10 Reasons My Tesla Ownership Experience Predicts the Future I bought a Tesla Model S P90D back in September of 2015. It is, hands down, one of the top three products of any kind I’ve owned in my life (I’ll write about the others another time). The enormous, intuitive, super…

Witticisms, Criticisms, and Skepticisms I wonder how many of my three readers have heard the worn out, oft-repeated starfish story? If you are among the rare minority who hasn’t, it goes something like this: A person walking along the beach notices a do-gooder throwing starfish into the sea. When asked…

Early Losses My drama career lasted exactly one day. One practice, in fact. I was in 5th grade and somebody (Mom, you know who you are) convinced me that I would like participating in the school play. So there we were after school, all of the usual suspects plus that…