I currently have one of the funniest things in my office. I have a refrigerator. Many of you probably do not find that funny and may even desire one. I didn’t ask for it. Some assumed because I am an executive that I would want a spare fridge […]
I know zilch about soccer. Well, what many in the world refer to as futbol. I guess I also wouldn’t say I know zilch. I know what a goal is. And I think I know what is not allowed in terms of personal hits. Otherwise, I know zilch. […]
In this day and age there are still people who do not use the out-of-office reply message. And sometimes that is because they don’t know how to use it or sometimes it means something about how you perceive yourself. but let me not get ahead of myself here. […]
I am going to start off this bit with a universal truth about myself. I love Coca Cola products. And, Coke Zero is by far the best ever. I am an unabashed Cola fan. Many try to dissuade me and cite health facts about drinking water. Blah blah […]
Ok. I don’t like things just a little bit saucy. I like things very saucy. I am a big foodie and the majority of the foods that I really love, are wet and juicy. They are saucy. Just today at the lunch cafeteria, I was super excited […]
We all know that Mondays are often dreaded as the start of the workweek. While you got to relax on the weekend, you then have to steel yourself against all sorts of possible indignities from the coming week. That is how one often approaches a Monday. Although, I […]
I don’t drive. Happily so. I don’t really plan on ever learning to drive. Happily so. In my last New York office, more than 50% of the staff didn’t own a car, and/or didn’t have a driver’s license. We were at peace and in bliss. As such, […]
As a kid you have to learn to walk and to eat and to well, everything. As we learn our parents can only do so much for us to hold us up. They have to, despite their instincts, let us occasionally fall. As a boss, one […]
I remember many years ago, I started a job with a group of seven other people. We were young, idealistic, and eager to do a good job and have fun. The group eventually ended up hating each other. Cliques formed even in a small cohort of eight people. […]
After over a decade in the non-profit world I have met quite a cast of characters. I have heard it all as well. There have been instances in the past where I would be talking to a colleague on a call when all of a sudden […]