I was reading an article in the Wall Street Journal this morning about how the executives and board members of companies that make food products, or are in the restaurant business, often sample those products before they are brought out to the market. A lot of research and testing done before that, of course, but […]
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One of the legendary stories in our family is my older brother Robbie coming home from his first day of elementary school and my mother asked him “Where’s your seat in the classroom?” And he said, “I sit right behind the kid in front of me.” It’s a funny story, but it’s also interesting how […]
The comedian George Carlin, who was one of my favorites, had a routine where he asked why people sometimes check the same pocket twice for keys that they can’t find. His question is “What do we think? The keys flew back in there between the first time and the second time?” The reason I may […]
When I was growing up, I had a great Uncle named Sam. He was both my great Uncle and also great as an uncle, who was 100% supportive of me and let me know it in many ways with his encouragement. If I did something that he thought was an especially good accomplishment, right afterwards […]
This morning while I was making coffee, I was looking down at the box the coffee came in and it said on there “bold yet refined, strong yet smooth” relating to this brand of coffee. I thought that’s a pretty awesome way to be in life, to be bold, yet refined, that sounds pretty good, […]
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A friend recently recommended an article called “17 Ways to be More Positive” and one of the early tips on that list that caught my eye, was to do something nice for someone else. The author was pinning the reason for that on some supposed research or evidence that the good feelings we get from […]
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I was walking down the street the other day, and somebody asked me what time it was. I instinctively looked at my watch to tell them and after we passed each other, I realized two things. One is, I can’t remember the last time somebody asked me what time it was when I was just […]
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One of my favorite expressions in sports comes from baseball and it’s the term “getting caught looking”. That’s when a batter who has two strikes on them, watches the next pitch come in, gets called for a strike, and they’re out. They didn’t swing the bat; they didn’t take any action at all. I think […]
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My brother Robbie was an aficionado of cigars, pens, chocolate, and many other good things. As an attorney, he had very few bad days but when one would occasionally happen, he had a saying: “On a good day, you have a little chocolate. On a bad day, you have a lot of chocolate.” I have […]
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One of my favorite sayings is, “No one ever complained that something was too easy to read.” It’s a continual reminder for me when I’m writing for business, or personally, to keep things as simple as possible, not to use big words when small words would do because I want to make sure that the […]
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