Margaret Reynolds Recently, I was in New Orleans and couldn’t resist touring one of their beautiful old cemeteries. They had people interred there from as long ago as the 1700’s and as recently as the day we visited. It is a thing of beauty and soul. Someone asked me what I would like on my headstone. My …
The economy never ceases to be a topic of concern and debate. Essentially, there are two layers of discussion–the macro-economy that is what is fussed over in the national news with focus on the fiscal cliff, tax policy and the deficit, and the micro-economy, which I define as the economic circumstances we find ourselves in–our …
Rags to riches stories are some of our favorites–from Cinderella to J. K. Rowling. We love to cheer for the underdog. While most of us have never been in “rags”, few of us have escaped hardship somewhere along the way. Even though none of us like to hear it, the challenges we face, if harnessed …
In the equestrian world, we have a saying, “There are two kinds of riders, those who have fallen off and those that haven’t—yet”. Until October of 2012 I went for many years in the latter category. Eventually, I joined the ranks of the former and when I did, it was a doozy. But that is …
How many of you have read some outstanding business books to help you understand concepts for growing your business, like Good to Great by Jim Collins or Mastering the Seven Essentials of High Growth Companies by David Thomson? All of us have read these types of books right? So why aren’t we making national or international …
This is Seth Godin’s blog today and it is spot on. At the end, if you can, answer the question in the title. What’s it for? If, seventy years ago, you asked Henry Luce, “What is Time magazine for?” he’d probably talk about setting society’s agenda, capturing the attention of the educated and powerful and …
I hope you are feeling as renewed and energized as I am about embracing all that 2013 will bring. Are you excited about the year? Are you anticipating great things? A recent interview in Fast Company features Larry Page, Google CEO. In the article he claims, “Not enough people are thinking big enough”. I wonder …
Most of us are closing out the year and starting to think about how to ramp it up even higher for next year. How can we reach more customers? Increase our competitive edge? Is it time to take prices up? Should we invest in new technology? How much can we take on without straining everything …
Haiti. The poorest country in the western hemisphere. A country where the average age is 7 and average personal income is less than $2,000/year, recently ravaged by an earthquake that has plunged them deeper into poverty and daily travails. Too many go hungry and die…way too young. I am here all week in a small …
There appears to be a wide chasm between those who have a strategic plan and those who have successfully implemented strategy. Unfortunately, the former doesn’t appear to beget the latter. The issue isn’t whether we value having a plan or if we understand how to do it–it is whether we can get it done. As …
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