Just a few years ago I sold a chain of highly successful early education private schools that my wife and I founded 15 years before and had grown to be among the most highly regarded schools of their type in the country. During that time we had the opportunity to observe thousands of parents, their […]
This week the Republicans meet in Cleveland to make it official that Donald J. Trump and Indiana Governor Mike Pence will be the nominees of the Republican Party for the highest offices in the land, the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the U.S. The Democrats will meet in Philadelphia in a couple of weeks and go […]
Several years ago I was invited by a friend to a very nice restaurant for an opportunity luncheon that he was organizing for a rather high-end Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM) opportunity. I was busy, really had little interest in the opportunity myself, but I wanted to spend some time with my friend and help him out. I […]
The challenges of a startup varies at various levels. The challenges range from cash flows to family support to choosing the right investors when you are raising funds to just a simple one as to…”Hire the right set of people in your startup with the same passion.” You have a great idea. You have some […]
Many of the readers of this blog do not live in the United States where this weekend citizens of the USA celebrate Independence Day, a national holiday commonly referred to as the Fourth of July – the day our Declaration of Independence was signed and adopted by the First Continental Congress in 1776. This sacrosanct […]
It was a beautiful day in June, the proverbial stars were aligned, everything was going my way. I had just sold one of my businesses for a nice 8-figure sum, I had other businesses that were still earning me a good living and were pretty much on auto-pilot, and for the first time in many […]
Not everyone’s path is the same in life. We were each given different talents and different challenges to overcome. Most of us were not born with a silver spoon in our mouths. But far too often people focus on what they DON’T have and what they WEREN’T given by the powers that be, instead of […]
Today I am going to share a secret with you… I sometimes fear that life is passing by so quickly that I can’t believe what the calendar is showing as the months and years flip by. Yes, I’ve reached what is referred to as “late middle age” – but I don’t FEEL it! In fact, […]
Do you remember the old Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson where Johnny would play the recurring comedic role of Carnac the Magnificent, the mystic from the East, and then physically “divine” unknown answers to unseen questions? Carson was a magnificent comedian, who studied all of the comic geniuses before him, like Jack Benny and Steve […]
This week the world is mourning the loss of perhaps the most accomplished, well-known, and greatest athlete of all time – Muhammad Ali! Indeed, the American professional boxer is widely regarded as the most significant sporting figure in history. Ali was my personal inspiration for having the courage to climb into the boxing ring as […]
