Everything I Know I Learned From My iPod (Part II)

Old joke.  Woman: My husband thinks he’s a chicken.  Doctor: Why don’t you just tell him he’s not?  Woman: Because we need the eggs. I have ...

This Could Be Heaven or This Could Be Hell

I’m just finishing up  Don Felder’s book, “Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974-2001). ”  I’ve had a little fling with rock ‘n roll ...

5 Big Fat Business Lies

There may be 50 of these gems floating around, but something happened the other day that encouraged me to jot down the first five that came ...

And When I Die. . .Just Take The iPad

A few years ago after my mother died, my wife, sister and I had the somber task of cleaning out the condo in which she and Dad had lived.  T...

Wanted: Enlightened Despots

The worst lie ever told in an Economics class is this: If everyone optimizes his individual happiness, the entire system is optimized.    I ...

A Little More Inspiration

I was lucky enough to spend a day this week with a ninety-five year old CEO . Not an occasional one, either, but a full-time, fully energize...

Beware the Brown M&Ms

Even people who have never heard a Van Halen song may know the rock band for its infamous performance clause calling for a backstage bowl of...

A Modern Rip Van Winkle

I'm always fascinated by how people--business and otherwise--perceive the passage of time. We are convinced, and tell ourselves often, t...