The Dog Star: Doing the Right Things Repeatedly
(The Dog Star is a symbol of power, will, and steadfastness of purpose, and exemplifies the One who has succeeded in bridging the lower and higher consciousness. – Astrological Definition) Every morning Koufax and Buddy head for the kitchen door which
Poor Is Relative
This is a non-partisan article, spawned by campaign rhetoric that should be making most of us queasy, including people who build McMansions and claim they are the champions of ending "two Americas." This is from Investors Business Daily of a
Editor Needed
Please respond directly to the person whose conact information is below: Needed: editor with some knowledge of Health Care to edit an anthology of nursing/healthcare leadership chapters. Contact: Leslie Furlow, RN, PhD AchieveMentors, Inc ManageMentors (interim management) 817-506-6032 (Voice) 877-331-4321 (Toll free) 866-203-0622 (Fax) 817-291-6303 (Mobile)
Mentor Member and Per Se
A Mentor Member cajoled me into visiting him in New York by offering a lunch at the Grand Havana room, with our work over Davidorf and Macallan, after grilled octopus and squid. For dinner, he and his wife, Leslie, took
Scope Seep
We hear about "Scope Creep" repeatedly, meaning those demands by clients which are outside of the project objectives and which we choose to fulfill out of fear or stupidity, thereby eroding the profit margin. One very large consulting outfit I
Closet Compulsion
I am a practicing heterosexual. I’ve been in the rest room of O’Hare Airport between flights and been propositioned by men. Of course, I’ve also been propositioned by men at the bars of some of the best restaurants in New
The World of the All-Too-Narrow Consultant
I heard a priest speak in church today, standing in the aisle without notes, alternatively citing Thomas Aquinas, a court case of ten years ago, Einstein's writings on the curvature of the universe, and the reasons to suspect that God
Consulting Opportunities
We here at the Wellesley Hills Group – www.whillsgroup.com – are adding a senior marketing/business development manager person, and a mid-level marketer. Do you know anyone who meets these profiles? Senior Consultant: http://www.whillsgroup.com/pages/30277_senior_consultant.cfm - 8+ years of experience.
In A Rib Joint
Last night we had a compulsion for ribs, so we went to Smokey Bones, one of the best rib places around. Our waitress (if you are obsessed with political correctness, you may read waitperson or waitron or whatever waste of
Abandoning Brilliance
Today’s Wall Street Journal excerpted a piece from Time Magazine that’s frightening: “How High-IQ Kids Are Neglected in School” details how U.S. schools spend $8 billion annually on educating mentally retarded students, but only about $800 million on high-achieving