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“If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.” John Henry Newman 1801-1890 Essayist, Novelist and Theologian Warren Buffett’s 50% Rule We think of Warren Buffett’s success as being due to his prowess as a stock picker. You might be surprised to hear the advice that Buffett gave to a group

“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year’s resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts

Click Here for this week’s dose of  Holiday Cheer! “Men’s courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead,” said Scrooge. “But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change.” Ebenezer Scrooge to the ‘Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come’ From Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” Spend a little

“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.”  Charles M. Schulz Creator of  “Peanuts” Click Here for this week’s dose of  Holiday Cheer! Your “Zero Secrets” Company This past year’s revelations of the Ashley Madison “dating” site, the leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee and the hacking of the Target customer database have

Click here for this week’s dose of Holiday Cheer! “There is no depression for good deeds, and that is all that business consists of; and that is our real business.” Henry N. Kost When Will You “Age” Out of Your Job? A recent Bloomberg Business article begins with the old advice that “One way to prepare for

Click Here for this week’s dose of Holiday Cheer!  “A good conscience is a perpetual Christmas.” Benjamin Franklin Outside In:  “What Only the CEO Can Do” Most of us advance in our careers by being good at something going on inside the company, be it accounting, marketing, sales, HR etc. But the CEO’s role demands

“There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. “ O. Henry American Short Story writer “When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.” Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivor and

“I can tell you in the 35 years I’ve been doing this, I’ve never seen who was in Washington alter the course of a business cycle.”  Brian Beaulieu CEO – ITR Economics “The amateur works until they get something right. The professional works until they can’t go wrong.” Julie Andrews Legendary Broadway Actress (Sound of

“A conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged; a liberal Is a conservative who’s been arrested.” Tom Wolfe Author of the “The Right Stuff” and “The Bonfire of the Vanities” Lessons from McDonald’s (BEFORE Ray Kroc) One of the true American success stories is McDonald’s.  The person usually associated with this is Ray Kroc, who was

My Mom tells me that her grandmother used to say this every time something untoward happened in her world. Of course, she was right. In the midst of almost every calamity there are those whose lives get better as a result of the disaster. If there was ever a calamity in this country, it’s the