Clarity
“Scarcity brings clarity,” I heard Marissa Mayer, VP at Google, say in an interview last week. These three words are…
What Do a Bus Stop, Bath and Bed Have in Common?
Creativity. These are the places where we do our most creative thinking according to a speaker I heard recently. Many…
Gratitude Gives Back
As Thanksgiving approaches we become more aware of giving thanks and expressing gratitude. In addition to making others feel good…
Sacrifice
Sacrifice is a word that we have heard during the recent campaign. The word has the same root as “sacred.”…
What Do You Have in Common with the Candidates?
Tomorrow we will know who will lead our country for the next four years. The campaign season will finally be…
Ghosts and Gremlins
At Halloween ghosts and gremlins appear and try to scare us. The truth is we live with ghosts and gremlins…
Room for Improvement
A friend of mine recently won $10,000 in a home improvement contest. Decorators provided new furniture and accessories to make…
Live Your Life as a Gambler, Cheater, Liar and Thief
Every day we are bombarded by the woes on Wall St. We hear about the greed and excesses of organizations. …
Phelps Phans Pheul Phenomenon
Saturday was a special day in my neighborhood and city of Baltimore. Our community celebrated the homecoming of Michael Phelps,…
Farewell to a Legend
We lost a legend when Paul Newman died over the weekend. He was truly a Renaissance man who was an…