“Everyone has their own experience. That’s why we are here, to go through our experience, to learn, to go down those paths and eventually you may have gone down so many paths and learned so much that you don’t have to come back again.” -The Artist formerly known
“If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.” – Jay Leno As we approach tax day, I cringe both at the amount of taxes we pay and our bloated economy that can’t seem to get out of its way. A few years back we did
“Lord give me caffeine to change the things I can and wine to accept the things I can’t.” Eight years after the financial crisis, the world is still coming to grips with an unpleasant realization: serious weakness still plagues the global economy, the stock market and even our local economy.
Happy early Valentine’s Day! You know, Valentine’s Day is big business. Consumers will spend an average of $80 on Valentine’s Day gifts this year. E-Commerce retailers expect to rack up over 800 million in sales of food, candy, flowers and other Valentine’s Day gifts. This year, February also brings us
From work to kids – people have a lot to worry about. Even small stuff like gift giving and holiday gatherings, cause us to worry – for up to two hours a day according to a new study out of the U.K. When you do the math that’s five years
What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your sox? In my 30 years as an agent, manager, and trainer of commercial agents, I’ve found that there are 9 areas that come together to have an agent perform
As you read this today I hope to be dragging my tired body across the finish line at the Great Barrier Reef Marathon in Australia. This will be Continent #3 on my quest to run a marathon on all 7 continents. As part of my vacation reading, I will be
Every banana the Dole sells west of the Rockies, from Mexico to Canada, comes through the 10th Avenue marine terminal in San Diego. The terminal handles 185 million bananas a month. My thoughts turned to bananas because I was thinking about baby food and I was thinking about baby food
Picture this scenario: You go to the refrigerator to get a jug of milk. Should be simple, right? What could go wrong? The refrigerator is packed. The milk is right there in front on the top shelf, wedged in between a pint of cottage cheese and some bottles of apple
As I flipped through the channels the other day I watched the debate as to whether interest rates should be tightened. On the next news channel, I saw business titan Donald Trump promising voters to make America great. It was at that “ah-ha” moment that I realized the current American
Back in the day they cooked in the kitchen with a big pot that hung over the fire. Sometimes they would obtain pork, which made
