Monthly Archives: July 2009

Simply The Best

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 15: (FILE PHOTO)  Walte...

What a strange and wonderful weekend.  Tom Watson‘s wonderful performance, Walter Cronkite‘s passing, and an anniversary (not mine!) that shows what we can accomplish if we all think “can” and not focus on “can’t”.  So much inspiration, some sadness, but mostly amazement along with a few lessons. Continue reading

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Grilled BBQ

The result of smoking pork ribs.

It’s Friday so we’re back to food! Today’s discussion is how one cooking term can mean something totally different to two different people, a lesson which, of course, I think extends to business as well.  I had a chat the other day with someone about cooking a particular dish and they referred to it as “barbecued”. I asked them what they meant because that’s one of those nebulous terms that can mean any of several things depending on the speaker’s point of reference. Continue reading

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31!

Musical stars Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard...

Today marks our 31st wedding anniversary.  I’m proud of lots of things I’ve accomplished, but staying together with the same partner for 31 years is pretty near the top of the list. Looking back, I was just about as old as our eldest daughter is now when I got married and she’s way too young even to be thinking about it (you reading this honey?). Our friends, most of whom have married and divorced, said it wouldn’t last.  Ha! Of course, I also draw a lot of comparisons between a successful marriage and a successful business. Continue reading

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