Years ago, I used to have a dish of ice cream almost every night and often with chocolate syrup.  I rationalized that since it was of the ‘lite’ variety it was okay.  But, when I combined that with some other eating and drinking habits in the evening, I eventually...

Avoid The Shame Of Losing and Be A Winner Year Round Remember the advocates of state sponsored lottery?  They promised huge amounts of revenue from ticket sales would fund public school systems and support other ‘worthwhile’ services (except gambling addiction).  Who...

See Past What Only the Eye and Ear Reveal When I was a high school senior, I signed up for speech class (mostly because of the new, just out of college, gorgeous speech teacher, Linda)  I learned much from her, not because of my youthful infatuation, but because of...

At the U.S. Open Golf Championship this past summer, Jim Furyk did his best ‘not to lose’ and he ended up doing exactly that, losing.  Why, I believe it’s because he didn't try to win, even though he had the lead. Leading late in the 4th quarter, NFL teams almost...

I ordered a new Lavaliere microphone from an on-line company and was very impressed with the helpfulness of the sales-person.  This is not uncommon with most tele-sales people.  I was even more impressed with the package and its contents when it arrived (I paid extra...

I am leading an ExecSense webinar on “The Best Methods for Handling Expense Accounts as a Consultant” on Friday September 28th.  The access...