We all care about our kids – and always wonder whether we’re doing the very best we can to set them up for success. There’s certainly no shortage of advice when it comes to parenting.  From Dr. Spock’s “The Common Sense Book of Baby and Childcare” to “Battle Hymn of the Tiger [...]

Don’t you just hate rejection? I do. It's only natural – we all want people to like and accept us. But rejection happens and you have to keep on keeping on. The story I keep in mind is that of Col. Harlan Sanders. At the age of 65, Sanders had an [...]

Okay, here’s something you might find useful… It’s from a book entitled "18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done" By Peter Bregman. It’s got some interesting ideas – for example, in one chapter he calls out the value of creating your "annual focus" - not a [...]

You know… some days you just need a break and the interweb beckons… And here’s what you might find – a healthy, daily dose of obscure slang terms from the website MentalFloss: TOAD-STRANGLER - Comes from the Gulf states – it describes a sudden, and heavy, rain capable of choking an [...]

Have you ever wondered what’s going on inside the cockpit of that jet airliner right before take-off? What exactly are those pilots doing? I did a bit of research and one of the things I learned about pilots was just how much they ALL rely on checklists. Before the flight, during [...]

One of my favorite quotes of all time comes from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, delivered during the darkest days of World War II: “Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never” This advice especially applies to small business owners – entrepreneurs who face daily challenges in getting everything [...]

What do you think about the “tiny home” craze? With house prices rising across many US markets, many Americans have chosen to forego the traditional 2000-3000+ square foot home and instead opt for much smaller living spaces. How small? There’s really no “official” answer.  Tiny homes typically range from as low as [...]

I’m sure you’ve heard a thousand times or more that you need to put money away “for a rainy day.” But have you ever wondered, “exactly how much?” Of course, for each of us the potential cost of that “rainy day” differs – as well as the budgetary impacts such a [...]

One of the givens every holiday season includes multiple renditions of the song “Baby it’s cold outside.” Written by Frank Loesser in 1944, it garnered fame 5 years later in 1949 when performed in the film “Neptune's Daughter.” The song’s refrain “Baby it’s cold outside” implies that nobody would want to go [...]

The common stereotype about truck drivers is pretty much based on the movie “Smokey and the Bandit” – with good old boys hee-hawing as they high-tail it across the US. Nowadays, however, the trucking industry is far more diverse – in fact, they’re making a significant effort to get more women [...]