“Choose Your Attitude!” We learned this lesson from the Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle Washington. In a little book called “FISH Philosophy!” author, John Chrinstensen offers a workplace management system that promises a “remarkable way to boost morale and improve results!” A more local and personal version of the “choose your attitude” lesson was […]

Many, many years ago I sat around with an old grad-school buddy as we shared a dream sequence about our careers. Both of us had significant achievements and accomplishments within our respective careers and had a vision of one day working together as consultants. Our relationship started on the day of my first graduate school […]

“No seriously!” That was a tag-line I used back in my stand-up days.  I would make an outlandish statement and then, as if to make it funnier, I would say, “No, Seriously!”  Pause, delay, “you’re right, I’m just kidding.   That’s my job!” Back in the 1980’s I cut my teeth as a stand-up comic at […]

In the immortal words of LL Cool J, “Mama said Knock you out!” The lyrics of this rap make LL Cool J sound like a tough guy!   But one of the lines tells the truth; “Old English filled my mind and I came up with a funky rhyme.”   The Old English is reference to a […]