My grandmother was very wise, and so too were the aphorisms that she would often share with me.  Somehow they always sounded more elegant in Italian.  Yet in any language they always seemed to ring true, if not at the time that she spoke them, then later on in life.   One that I remember well she often… Read More

There’s a glassware maker in the Northeast that makes stunning glassware, cutlery, handcrafted wooden and ceramic bowls and various other household accents.  I usually buy their products as wedding gifts for friends.  This past summer I purchased a ceramic bowl with my friend and his wife’s name, along with the date of their wedding, painted along the edge. … Read More

To a certain degree we are all salespeople.  As children we sell to our parents and teachers.  As young adults we sell to whomever is interviewing us for that first full-time job and subsequently to our boss.  After that, or perhaps simultaneously, to the object of our desires.  It all comes back full circle after we have… Read More

I wrote about success in a recent blog.  I thought about it again this week within the context of a conversation that I had with a colleague. The Thrill of the Build We were speaking about a strategy that we are preparing to implement in a specific market place.  It’s similar to one that we utilized years… Read More

  I had dinner last evening with someone whom I befriended about a year ago.  We enjoy one another’s company. An Awakening We laughed about the perceptions that we had of one another before we were friends.  We had no inkling that we were such kindred spirits.  I had no idea that his energy was as vibrant as it is and… Read More