An educational group has just unveiled a proposal to provide free preschool for every child in the United States. The cost of the program is $200 billion initially and then $20 billion per year. My first thought upon hearing this was, “that’s not really free is it?” If something costs $200 billion, that money has [...]
On November 16th Hostess shut down operations. While Hostess has had problems for several years and had been in bankruptcy protection since January 2012, the straw that broke the camel’s back and forced them to shut their doors was a simple matter of a few people missing the big picture. The issue that caused the [...]
Thanks to the internet, 24-hour news channels, etc. we are inundated with information. Before you take an item at face value, you must take into consideration not just where the information is coming from, but who it is going to. Recently this struck me as I read two articles about the television ratings of the [...]
People who insist on making all the decisions often find themselves discouraged and disengaged from the people around them. Worse, you may be missing key information and ideas. No one person has all the answers. Don’t pretend that you do and don’t think you have to. Create a circle of trusted advisors that you can [...]
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