Are You Happy?

Just a quick note today. I was walking past my wife watching “Oprah” the other day and they were doing a show on happiness. At the point where I walked in the room, they had just asked the audience to choose from four different professions, which was the...

Someone Like Me

Networking is all about creating connections. We seek out commonalities in order to bridge the isolation that almost everyone feels at one time or another. In fact, some of the best event techniques involve asking questions in order to find those common points of...
Prevent Reverting with Results Tracking

Prevent Reverting with Results Tracking

My daughter, Kaylie, turned three a few months ago. I can’t believe how tall she’s getting and how much of a big girl she’s become. “Sesame Street”, which used to be the center of her life has been replaced by other things — mostly...
Make Them Special

Make Them Special

I’ve had a couple of instances in the last few of weeks reminding me of the importance of keeping the focus on the other person. The first was Shawne Duperon’s presentation at the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Regional Chamber’s lunch event,...

When Gray Skies Loom

I know we entrepreneurs have to be our own best cheerleaders. When the tough times come, we have to have the strength of our convictions to help us muscle through any obstacles. What rot. OK, it’s not completely wrong. It is true, in general, that we have to...