Our family just returned from a trip to Mexico where we’ve visited many times before. This time we stayed at the Princess Resort near Playa del Carmen. Our experience was extremely disappointing despite the beauty of this new hotel. As Darla and I reflected on our disappointments, we realized that probably 80% of the problems…
James Cagney never said “You dirty rat” in any of his films. Nor did Humphrey Bogart say “Play it again, Sam” in the movie Casablanca. The Caesar salad isn’t named after Julius Caesar. It was named for its creator, Caesar Gardini who first prepared it in his restaurant in Mexico. The cashew isn’t technically a…
Dan Sullivan, in his book The Great Crossover, suggests four things to teach kids to create an entrepreneurial attitude: 1. Self-learning: how to acquire new knowledge and skills without a teacher. 2. Self-motivation: setting and achieving goals in a systematic manner. 3. Self-management: the effective organization of time and money. 4. Self-promotion: the ability to…
There is too much knowledge for anyone to know everything. One book claims Athanasius Kircher, a German polymath who lived in the 17th century was the “last man to know everything.” I’ve also read others who believe Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time, was the last person to know everything (that was…
In his excellent new book, The Breakthrough Company, Keith McFarland makes this point: “A search of the Harvard Business Review web site revealed that nearly 50 percent of the articles published by the Harvard Business Review mention at least one of the following companies: IBM, GE, Dell, Wal-Mart, and Southwest Airlines.” Is it surprising that…
Last night my friend John and I attended the Denver International Car Show. We parked in the convention center parking deck which is seldom an enjoyable experience. For some reason you get routed up a tight spiral ramp to one of the top two floors. I’m beginning to suspect that there are only two floors…
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