When I was young, I had a pretty quick temper. It didn’t take much to get me mad to the point where I wanted to fight someone. Lucky for me, I had learned one major lesson from my dad; never hit anyone first. So I’d shake and I’d threaten but it rarely got physical unless […]

…what remains, no matter how improbable, is the answer.” Sherlock Holmes Sometimes we all have to take a good look at something that’s not working the way we think it should and try to figure out what the issue might be. Sometimes it’s something really deep rooted that will take a long time to figure […]

“I’m frustrated. I have two master’s degrees and I’m working on my doctorate. I started teaching earning $17,000 a year. I’ve paid my dues.” Skaneateles NY Superintendent Philip D’Angelo on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to limit the salaries of superintendents across NY state The question of paying one’s dues sometimes comes up, and it can […]

“I’d catch a grenade for ya Throw my hand on a blade for ya I’d jump in front of a train for ya You know I’d do anything for ya I would go through all this pain, Take a bullet straight through my brain, Yes, I would die for ya baby; But you won’t do […]

This is something different for me, at least on this blog. Over the past couple of months, there have been a couple of free ebooks released talking about blogging, motivation, business, and life, all tied into each other. If you’re out of the blogging loop in general you may have missed out on these, but […]