Archive for January 2023

Stop whatever you are doing and read Bertrand Russell’s essay “How to Grow Old.” I adore this essay. In speaking about his maternal grandmother, he wrote: “I do not believe that she ever had time to notice that she was growing old. This, I think, is the proper recipe for remaining young. If you have…

Barry-Wehmiller, a company that promotes psychological safety for its employees, has made its mission to “remove the trust-destroying and demeaning practices for responsible adults.” I like this phrase a hell of a lot. I think many workplaces contain some degree of “trust-destroying and demeaning practices for responsible adults.” I’ve experienced some of these practices firsthand…

According to the New York Times, American men appear to be stuck in a “friendship recession” — a trend that predates the pandemic but that seems to have accelerated over the past several years as loneliness levels have crept up worldwide. In a 2021 survey of more than 2,000 adults in the United States, less than…

There are many reasons to be nervous onstage. One of the more popular reasons offered – and possibly the only reason I’ve ever heard someone offer – is that people are nervous about public speaking because they care. This is true, of course, but it doesn’t make much sense when trying to understand nervousness onstage.…

I don’t follow the British royal family and their machinations in any way – nor do I think anyone really should – but I’ve been unable to avoid the news of Prince Harry’s new tell-all memoir. The sibling rivalry. The frozen penis. Something about a dress. It would seem that most people are both appalled…

Here’s a stupid thing: When we arrived at Bradley International Airport on Friday night at 9:00 PM, every single restaurant and retail outlet was closed. Not a single thing was open. I’m still battling a lingering cough, and one of the best ways to manage it is to have a drink with me constantly, but…

I understand that problems with air travel are common these days. Delayed and canceled flights are to be expected. But sometimes, the problems you run into are so stupid that they rise above the level of ordinary air travel dilemmas. Here’s one: I was supposed to fly to Florida on Friday evening at 8:00 PM…

Congratulations to my client and friend, Maria Grace Wolk, on her recent TEDx Talk at UNLV. I had the great honor of helping her find the conference, pitch her idea, and craft and prepare her talk. She performed brilliantly. It’s a must-listen.

Is Pantone 448C the world’s ugliest color? According to an advisory team that came up with the design for the Australian government’s plain cigarette packets, it might just be. Over three months, a team of academics and commercial market researchers was enlisted with the unusual task of designing the least appealing package in an effort…

It’s the second Thursday of the month. You know what that means, Right? The consumer price index report will be released at 8:30 AM EST. It’s a day I wait for every month, at least for the last 18 months or so, as inflation has escalated worldwide. The report will detail the state of inflation…