I’d be remiss if I didn’t write a few thoughts about the passing of Les Paul last week. As someone who has been playing the guitar since he was 11, and a good many of those years playing on a Gibson ES-335, a derivative of the original Les Paul, my life was touched by Les and his work. The most interesting thing about him, however, is how the technology he invented was always a means to an end – making great music. Continue reading
Teams Win
It’s the height of baseball season so of course I’m just getting around to reading Joe Torre‘s book. Aside from the fact that it’s an amazing tale of how screwed up baseball was by steroids several years ago, there is a theme that goes through it which is one of the critical business lessons many folks have yet to learn. Continue reading
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Book ‘Em?
I’m thinking about writing a book. Seriously. It may be that I will be its only reader, but that’s OK. Sometimes the journey is as important as the destination, right? What am I going to write about? Why am I going to write it? Those are both good questions. It’s not that I have a ton of free time, it’s not that it’s going to make a ton of money, but I kind of feel that it would be a great way to help organize the years of business thinking rattling around in my head both for me and for you. Continue reading
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