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It’s been an interesting week, for sure. We had the passing of Michael Jackson, my favorite musician of all time, and someone who was able to break down the barriers of race and potentially bring people closer together around the world. But the week began with a poll conducted by CNN which indicated that blacks [...]
I’m going to be doing a webinar on the topic of Social Media, SEO & Your Business In 90 Minutes on June 30th, which is this Tuesday, starting at 11AM. It’s happening because of the second of two interviews I gave, which was on social media. As some of you know, I have a second [...]
I am an independent consultant. I also have a business license and a federal tax ID number. This means I’m actually a corporation, a legitimate business, and not just a temporary employee for anyone. I state this because in the last week I’ve talked to two companies, one that contacted me first, and one that [...]
Back in 1969, my dad was getting ready to go to Vietnam. We’d had to move from the military base we were living at in North Syracuse, NY, to live with my grandmother in Kansas City, MO. We had moved before, of course, but this was going to be something different. My dad was going [...]
I mainly live by three rules; loyalty, trustworthiness, and honesty. In pretty much that order, because I really believe they need to be ranked. Loyalty is absolute. If I’m loyal to you, I expect loyalty back. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking business or personal life. I have friends who have been my friend for [...]
A survey recently came out that was provided by the Niagara Health Quality Coalition. It was on how people perceived their care at local hospitals, as compared to national averages. It wasn’t pretty locally. Of the Syracuse area hospitals, only one, St. Joseph’s, ended up ahead of the national average of 64% in satisfaction. St. [...]
On June 16th, 2002, Father’s Day, my dad passed away at 4:45 PM. I think about it every year around this time, and it’s funny that I’ve never written on this blog about it, though I’ve written in other places. One of the biggest lessons my dad gave me was also one of the last. [...]
The word “racist” has been thrown around a lot lately. Yesterday it was being used all day when a deranged 88 year old man decided to go into the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. and start shooting, killing one of the guards there. Supposedly, once they looked into the man, he was a self described [...]
I first mentioned the Opus Movie in March of 2008 when I posted a clip from it on this blog. I was really looking forward to it then, but it was still a long time coming. Then came October, and I wrote about it again as I’d just learned that the movie had become available, [...]
When I was a director at different hospitals, I had a style that worked well for me most of the time. My style was a mix of hands on and hands off. In other words, I took time to make sure everyone was trained, gave them lots of information and worked hard to keep finding [...]
