From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Will you please love me?

August 14, 2009

There. Do you love me now? No? Well of course not. You can’t love a person on command. Love, respect, admiration… all of these must be earned. They are organic involuntary responses to stimulus. (Not that your attitude going-in doesn’t make it more or less easy.) If I want you to love me, I can’t […]

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How to kill shareholder value

August 10, 2009

In my last post, I wrote about the search for precious things as requiring somewhat of a hands off approach. I wrote that the search for beauty cannot be successful because beauty is inside of you and until you stop searching you can never find it. I think this idea applies to business as well. […]

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Of socks and the sublime

August 9, 2009

If you need your glasses or that missing sock, your best bet is to look for them. But many of the most precious things in the world cannot be found by looking for them. In fact, looking for them almost guarantees that you will never find them. You cannot write a beautiful poem by sitting […]

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A guide to change Part I

August 5, 2009

Change. It’s been a favorite topic of discussion for some time now. The election of our first black President. Massive shifts in the economy. The impact on society of the internet. Heck, it’s even a favorite topic of the folks who hang out on street corners. So I thought I’d write a bit about change. […]

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Motor oil ain’t indulgent!

August 2, 2009

There’s a new Starbucks near my house on Rt. 4 just west of the George Washington Bridge. They’ve got a sign out front advertising the fact that they are open 24 hours / day and that they have drive-thru service. Great. I’m sure that’s convenient for lots of folks. But Starbucks isn’t about convenience. Not […]

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