February 17, 2017
Making a Sale in 2017
I was looking through a folder of articles I’ve cut from papers and magazines (and printed from online sites) and noticed some on selling. Not…
February 8, 2017
Useful Technology
The compendium of technology. On one end one of the young tech writers for the Wall Street Journal always writes about how she wants an…
February 2, 2017
Everything is Local
The little things around us have a big impact. What triggered this train of thought was two things. On November 4 710ESPN sports announcer Danny…
January 20, 2017
Oversupply and Demand (Not Good)
“Restaurants Burned by Oversupply” is the Business section headline from the October 17, 2016 Wall Street Journal. The visual is a (Halloween themed) cemetery with…
January 11, 2017
Limited Information Solutions
For years I’ve loved listening to Car Talk on NPR, even now when it’s in a “best of” mode given one of the brothers died.…
January 8, 2017
Where do You Want to be in One Year?
I met with a group of clients in early November to “check-in’ as we head to the end of the year. The usual issues involve…
January 6, 2017
Are You Ready For “Surgery”
On September 27, 2016 the Wall Street Journal published an article titled, “Doctors Give Pre-Surgery Orders to Get in Shape.” The first sentence is, “Are…
November 16, 2016
What’s behind your curtain?
Our son-in-law is a big city police officer (not Seattle) and recently was involved in a situation that will never make the news. He was…
November 10, 2016
Individuals or Teams? It’s Both (Part two)
In my last post I wrote about how teams are critical to success in sports, business, and actually other activities, and how individuals determine the success…