Aug 15, 2016 | Extra Points, Uncategorized
This Week’s Focus Point: Good Chip Shots I love watching the Olympics and as an avid golfer, I’m thrilled that golf is back in the Games after a mere 104-year absence. Although some top names golfers opted out due to a mosquito, most of the best players in...
Aug 11, 2016 | Random Digressions, Uncategorized
There was certainly a whole bunch of hubbub heading into these Olympic Games in Brazil. Río de Janeiro was being castigated as the worst ever venue before it got started. Certainly, there was much ado about polluted waters, politics, and Zika carrying mosquitoes....
Aug 8, 2016 | Extra Points, Uncategorized
Captain Jack loves to work. No really. I mean loves to work. He knows when I’m done eating breakfast and begin to stand up, that it’s time to work (even though often it’s not – I might just need a second cup of coffee!). He makes a beeline for...
Aug 5, 2016 | Business Strategy, Uncategorized
I was just interviewed for a newspaper article on the topic of the dangers to 2nd and 3rd generation family small businesses. The question was – What characteristics or temperament does a second- or third-generation small-business owner need to survive? What...
Aug 3, 2016 | Business Strategy, Leadership, Uncategorized
As many of you know, my daughter Mindy was recently married. It turned out to be a gorgeous Seattle summer day. After the wedding, I piled in the car my other daughter Kelli and her friend Gina to head from the church to the reception at a downtown hotel. As we hit...
Aug 1, 2016 | Extra Points, Uncategorized
This Week’s Focus Point: Rolling Bottles This past week I had to fly down and back from California for a speaking event. I like to sit in the back row aisle seat because I’m right next to the bathroom and sometimes can get first shot at coffee or libations...
