Working hard or hardly working?
I’m the only one in my immediate family that has earned the so called “holy grail” of education; a college degree. From what I recall during my public school years, the mantra was to get …
To Create and to Care
As any loving parent will attest, nothing really comes close to the birth of a child. More memorable than that first date, the engagement, the wedding or the honeymoon. To create a new life from a …
The way of the world
A very good friend and business associate sent me an email recently during a bad experience where I began to question something as important as anything in ones life….Purpose. I’m usually the one “pontificating” about …
Accepting the Rejecting
Any successful human being knows all too well that rejection is a significant part of life. Sales is simply a numbers game, with more people saying “NO”, than deciding to buy. Marketing professionals understand that …
Business Biorhythms
Maybe it was the 6am operating room demonstrations I was forced to attend in the early days of my medical device sales career. No amount of coffee could remedy the situation. It was clear I …
Finding my Father…
Louis Charles Muller; my long lost Father from a distant past. A past cast in black and white with blurred images, distorted memories, a forgotten family dissolved only to be “discovered” once again. In this …
Mom the marketing master
Nancy Hope Fish (May 9, 1937 – May 24, 2001). What a great middle name by the way. Her first husband was my Father. After he left, she would remarry twice and have two more …
Lottery mentality
During a quick stop to grab some coffee at a local convenience store, the 3 customers ahead of me seemed to be slowing down the line like the D.M.V. I couldn’t really hear the women in …