In Steven Greenhouse’s 2019 book “Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor” he quotes the president of a Wisconsin chapter of AFSCME: “workers are far more willing to speak...
They tell us to enjoy the journey, not to focus solely on the destination. For too many years of my life, despite having heard that advice and even believing it, I wasn’t able to...
Soon after the pandemic began, the federal government provided temporary relief to small businesses in the form of the Paycheck Protection Program loans – the so-called PPP money. The PPP dollars saved countless small...
In his book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fu*k, Mark Manson asked, “What pain do you want in your life? What are you willing to struggle for?” I think most of us...
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot In the name of doing what’s right, how far do we go? How much...
I’ve spent the last few weeks reviewing all of my journals from the last 32+ years. My first journal entry was in August 1989 when I was still 19 years old and a sophomore...
Fred Wilson, who I’ve read every day for about 8 years, wrote a thoughtful post on the pros and cons of founder led startups. When to keep them, when to let them go, when...
My favorite thing about Halloween this year was Bo’s strategy to not have me take his candy. Or, he figured, if I did take his candy to make sure I paid the price. He...
Click here for link to the story (no paywall) at the Boston Business Journal website or scroll down to the story below my commentary below. Whenever I agree to interview for an article, I always take...
Day 653 since my last sip of alcohol. A noticeable change in these past nearly 22 months has been a gradual softening of the sharper edges of my personality. I didn’t always have a...
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