I’ve previously mentioned the Business Effectiveness Analysis that we offer to clients (in the last newsletter).  If I do say so myself, it’s a pretty powerful tool that provides an industry benchmark comparison and  ‘what if?’ scenarios to preview your businesses’ future financial performance and answer questions like these: Do we have enough cash flow for next year […]

I’m on a newsletter list for The Simple Truths which is an online company that specializes in inspirational books and CDs for the workplace.  The owner, Mac Anderson, was previously the founder for Successories and has taken a similar approach with books and movies that was so successful with motivational prints. They have a great article (part of a chapter […]

When I completed my tour of duty at my corporate cubicle farm a few years ago, I was going to take a totally different direction…escape the rat race and buy or start my own small business. Despite that conviction, I will admit that I fell for one of the more pervasive myths that are out […]

We had our ‘regular’ poker game a few nights ago (regular in this case meaning the first one in about 4 months) and had a really good time.  This is not a big money game – for this particular group it’s way more about the competition and just catching up and having a good time. […]

I ran across a couple of totally unrelated stories today (via the wonderful world of the Internet and the enjoyable blog of Bill Harris – Dubious Quality) that got me to thinking about the importance of friends.  There are lots of studies that relate the value of being connected from a personal standpoint.  A lot of those […]

I always look forward to fall, mostly because I really enjoy the cooling temperatures, that crisp feeling in the air and the beautiful turning leaves.  The other big reason is because I really enjoy the Plaza Art Fair, which is held every year towards the end of September (down on the Country Club Plaza – obviously). […]