This Christmas was an orgy of gift giving and receiving. My son got a dirt bike. My daughter, an i-pod. Everyone was thrilled. The real fun, however, came not from the gifts, but from the down time we spent together. If your schedule is anything like mine, you seldom have the freedom to “fat around.” Between my work schedule and my...
The leaves are turning. The days are shortening. The temperatures are dropping. Everything is changing. In fact, within the last 6 months, I’ve changed my address, my i-Pod and my marital status. If I had only moved our offices, it would have been a total change. While I wouldn’t recommend making that many changes at once, I believe change is...
Kids across the country are preparing for a new school year with pristine notebooks, reams of loose-leaf paper and pencils so fresh they’re not even sharpened. They gear up with the hope that the next year will be better than the last. Funny thing is, no matter how new and improved their equipment, it’s their desire to gain knowledge and...
Ben Franklin once said, “There’s plenty of time to sleep when you die.” I think he was right. Life is short. Real short. A recent visit to one of our client’s senior living retirement communities made that apparent. I was there at the end of the day for a photoshoot. It was dinner time at the retirement community. Everyone was...
I just returned from The PGA Show. It was a lot like The PGA Show of 2004. And 2003. And 2002. There were fewer booths. And fewer people. But, mostly, it was the same. In fact, of all the interactions I had at the show, the single most memorable had nothing to do with it. It occurred at our hotel...
