Because I have “green” in the name of my company, it’s assumed that I am “green” – geared toward the environment. In reality, I’m not a hard-core environmentalist but there are things that I do on a regular basis to be respectful of my environment. I had a client named Janet whose goal was to [...]

My wife and I took a tour Thomas Edison laboratory in Ft. Myers, Fla., several years ago. It was summer and as we dripped through the tour, we came to fully understand his quote, “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.” You could almost see the sweat stains on the floorboards of [...]

“Gentleness is a velvet-covered brick.” Abraham Lincoln Sometimes you need to be tough with employees or customers. We can sometimes take the easy road and just let people walk over us. But if you’re going to have to be tough. You don’t have to be a jerk about it. All it takes is some diplomacy [...]

A couple years ago I ran into a friend from 20 years ago. We were roommates on a student leadership project in Virginia Beach, Va. Larry and I shared an apartment with six other guys. Back then he was this tall, skinny guy with a thick Philly accent. We had a good time that summer [...]

For the last couple days I’ve been frustrated to no end with setting up return on investment tracking for one of our clients. Sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn’t, and sometimes it would put the results in the wrong place. I’m feeling the pressure to get this working right. It reminds me of college [...]

I heard this song on the way into work today. I am committed to working hard for my employer, even when he isn’t around. This song reminded me that I can enjoy myself at work, but not be consumed by it. You really need to hear it live. Enjoy Yourself – Guy Lombardo 1948 You [...]

A former co-worker Alisha and I were talking today about the movie “Falling Down”. The movie starring Michael Douglass is about a man displaced from his job who’s mad at the world. He keeps running into injustice and absurdity as he travels across Los Angeles to his ex-wife’s home in Venice Beach. The movie gives [...]

There’s an episode from “Happy Days” where the Cunninghams have gone to California and Fonzie becomes a daredevil by jumping over a cage with a shark in it on waterskies. And he’s wearing his everpresent brown leather jacket. To some this was the beginning of the end of “Happy Days.” Most TV shows experience “jumping [...]