February 7, 2014
How To Stop Worrying
How many times have you worried about something today? Five? Ten? Too many times to count? You may not even be conscious of it, and it doesn’t have to involve...
February 6, 2014
How To Do Everything (Hint: You Can’t)
Want to do everything? You can’t! What? Were you expecting a quick primer that would affirm your belief that you can do it all, AND teach you how to stay...
February 3, 2014
Things Won’t Change (So You Think)
It is human nature to believe that the present won’t change much. This winter season of brutal cold (if you live in the Northeastern part of the US) is the...
February 2, 2014
The Maytag Guarantee
Maytag figured something out many, many decades back. If they put a guarantee on their dishwashers and showed an idle Maytag repairman on TV (if you don’t recall, he was...
February 1, 2014
The Immediate Response Economy
I received an email yesterday afternoon asking me if I had received the email that same person sent me that morning, since I hadn’t responded yet. The email was not...
January 31, 2014
The Eternal Quest For Work-Life Balance
I was just talking with Alan Fawcett about life, and work, and more life and more work. During our conversation Alan said something that hit me like a ton of...
January 29, 2014
You Can’t Be Friendly & Unfriendly
Banks like to advertise how friendly they are. Customer service comes first, last and in between. At least, so they say. Yet these “friendly” banks bury customers with small fees....
January 28, 2014
People Buy What They Try
If you are at a clothing store and you try on a jacket, you are more likely to buy it now. If you are at a food store and sample...
January 27, 2014
Announcement: The Children’s Literature Independently Published Principals’ Award
I am a sponsor of Children’s Literature Independently Published Principals’ Award (CLIPPA). I am a major believer in self-published authors, and am sharing this with you should you qualify as...
January 27, 2014
Great Websites
In Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely recounts a study of coffee drinkers. When coffee was served to test subjects in fanciful dishware, complemented with condiments in beautiful glass and metal containers,...