As I’m writing this, yet another Earth Day has rolled around – but I must admit that this year I’m seeing things from a somewhat different perspective. That is to say, I’ve come to the conclusion that merely focusing on “pure” sustainability efforts is currently the wrong approach to preserving the planet. While it has

Recently I was talking with a friend about his business and couldn’t help asking him why his expectations for it were so low. It made me realize how important it is for us to set our sights high and not put limits on what we expect to accomplish, because, quite frankly,  if you can’t visualize

This past week I was visiting with an old colleague who was contemplating a career change. He was especially interested in a particular opportunity that had arisen, but didn’t feel he had the right qualifications. So I told him a favorite story of mine about one of our top guys at Greenopolis who took it

I recently attended a major meeting where there was a lot going on. The next day three of us who were there did independent recaps. I did mine last, without knowing what the other two had said. The report I ended up turning in was not so much content-related as an appraisal of how I

As an ‘early-to-rise’ type of individual, I like nothing better than to get up at the crack of dawn and have breakfast to the accompaniment of the birds. In fact, I’m usually at my best about the time when other folks require two or three cups of java to wash away the cobwebs, and love