Insights

The first time my wife walked into my office crying, I knew two things. First, I knew something bad had happened (like she’d made some mistake she felt awful about). Second, I knew that adding my own emotions wouldn’t help…

When I was a kid I was told that I had to get good grades in high school to get into a good college. And then I would have to do well in college to get a good first job.…

Are You Planning Your Next Year? We’re just a couple of days from the new year. And if you’re like me, you can’t wait for a new year to start so we can get past what’s been two very long…

First, I’m Not Quitting Sometimes when you blog about something, on your personal blog, people infer that it’s an indirect (or really direct) reflection of what’s going on in life. That may be the case for posts like yesterday’s where…

Most of us, at the end of the year, take some time for rest. Time to slow down, to think about and plan for the next year. But here’s what I know – one or even two weeks off to…

Steve Martin, in his Masterclass course on comedy says, “When it’s your turn to be picked, you have to be within pointing distance.” If we’re friends or you’ve read my posts, you’ve likely heard me say, “All things being equal,…