Those of us in the cutthroat world of business might all do well to borrow a leaf from George Washington’s book.  Or, to put it more precisely,  we might do well to borrow the benevolent spirit found in a note he wrote to one of his key rivals. It was in October of 1777 just

In a previous blog, I wrote about the positive effect that extending a small courtesy or accommodation to one’s customers can have in any business, noting how a woman attendant at a gas station had made my day by allowing me inside its convenience store before opening time to brew a cup of tea. But

To believe you can inspire someone at times feels a little arrogant, and so maybe I don’t think about it in quite that way, preferring the idea of providing support and encouragement instead. However, one might regard it, the role of mentor is one I yearn more and more to assume the older I get