To My Fellow Toastmasters and other Speechmakers : I was annoyed some years back when the film “The Dead Poets Society” won an Academy Award...

Can we put to rest the texting phrase MHO -- My Humble Opinion? And let's not forget its Danny DeVito-to-Arnold Schwarzenegger twin , IN...

So did you miss me? Notice that I haven't been around for a few weeks? It's mostly because I've been hobbled as both a blogger a...

Thanks to all my readers who reached out upon news of our family in L’Aquila after the earthquake. I am happy to say that I was able to spea...

You may have heard the news about the massive earthquake in central Italy last night in the mid-sized town of L’Aquila (translation: the Eag...

My client, Ken ( not his real name, of course ), has an enviable pedigree. He is a successful, highly billable consultant with a PhD, and he...

So the bloodletting continues. Layoffs keep on keeping on. Today, the current culprit is IBM, the company that falsely laid claim to "l...

I'm no stranger to bringing a work to completion, but it's a strange sensation for me to receive a book. It's probably because w...

It's amazing to witness the power of top-of-mind recall. My wife, Marie, and I met at a coffee shop late this morning after running our...

This is simultaneously an exciting time and a trying time for me. I seem to be moving constantly to the goal line of my book, " The Six...