A few weeks ago I made a sales call of sorts; yes, I hate doing it, but I do call on occasion. I called a guy that I thought might have at least heard my name in the past since he was working at a hospital that was relatively close to one I’d worked at, [...]

Over the past couple of days I’ve been out of town on a consulting assignment. While out of town, I decided to take a trip to one of the local casinos, so to speak, to play a little bit of poker. I’ve made no secret on how much I love to play the game. I [...]

I lead an interesting business life. I am a sole proprietor, and have been for almost 10 years. Even though it’s just me, my business is incorporated, and thus I’m legally the president and CEO of my company. If I wanted to, I could sell shares for my business, which means I’m actually the top [...]

I belong to a health club, and when I’m in town I go at least 5 times a week. I’m pretty much set to an early routine, and only break it up when I plan on staying for a long period of time; that’s rare. My favorite thing is walking around the track. That’s pretty [...]

Back in August I wrote a post asking people what their ethics were. It didn’t get a lot of attention, but that’s okay; sometimes getting people to actually think about their ethics is a tough sell, almost like talking about diversity. An interesting conversation and then blog post by someone else has come up talking [...]

This won’t be a popular statement to the majority of people in the United States, but it’s not supposed to be. Folks, it’s always about race; plain and simple. Now, why am I making such a statement? What’s prompting this particular post and how does it pertain to what’s going on in this country? If [...]

Do you know what a typical work day is for me? I usually wake between 9 and 9:30. That may seem late to some, but stay with me. I’ll then spend most of the next 18 hours or so at my computer, doing something. I might be writing or researching or creating something. Almost everything [...]