(originally published May 25th, 2005) Central New Yorkers are a hearty bunch, but we don’t get enough credit for it. We don’t have the best weather in the world. We average 279 cloudy days a year. In the Syracuse area we average 120 inches a year; within 60 miles there are places that average almost […]
Motivation
(originally published November 2nd, 2005) A few days ago, I had one of my newsletter subscribers write me to say that I seemed to run into a bunch of problems as I go through my days, and that I should be thankful to have a pretty nice life. I had to think about it for […]
(originally posted January 14th, 2006) I was having a brief discussion with a friend of mine through email on the topic of whether it’s viewed as negative or positive if someone is having a good time, when others may view that same action as being over the top and somewhat embarrassing. She was saying how […]
(originally published January 8th, 2006) I ran into a business networking associate at a store on Friday night. We had a short conversation, during which he made a statement along the lines of my not really being able to ever claim true success if I couldn’t define my marketplace. Of course, I have defined my […]
(originally published July 4th, 2005) I love America, my home country. America is the only country in the world that’s gone to war to protect and free others, and in modern times always returned to its own shores, not staying as conquerors. America is the first country called upon whenever there’s a disaster anywhere in […]

