I have been blogging every weekday since the start of this year as part of my goal to write more in 2011. This marks my 31st post, but I am going to take a break over the next four days to do battle with Disney World and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. We have [...]
Between the dark and the daylight,
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day’s occupations,
That is known as the Cocktail Hour.”
Michelle and I taught at a Pre-Cana (Catholic marriage prep) class this weekend and it was great to see the eager faces and happy, young relationships of the 41 couples who were [...]
Of all the 50 books that I read in 2010, one stands out on the horizon of my memory like Mars at perihelion.
Set in South Africa in the 1930s and 40s, The Power of One, by Bryce Courtenay, is a very compelling semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story about a young man who goes by the spunky nickname “Peekay”.
The book [...]
If you see me in the next couple of days and hear a strange buzzing noise, that isn’t my new massaging socks I got for Christmas – that is the blood pressure monitor strapped across my arm, or the activity sensor on my wrist, or the PDA that is attached to my hip that is [...]
One of my friends wrote a very thoughtful post the other day , The Problem With Charitable Giving. Actually, I think he should have entitled it The Solution to Charitable Giving, because he presents as many solutions as problems in his post.
I want to expand more on the largest point he makes – the notion [...]
I saw a question posted on Quora the other day asking about how to best educate your kids to prepare them for a startup life. This is a question I have been thinking about for some time, and I posted Part 1 of this thought yesterday.
To sum up to this point:
1) Do the best you [...]
I saw a question posted on Quora the other day asking about how to best educate your kids to prepare them for a startup life. This is a question I have been thinking about for some time.
I have two older kids who are 14 (girl) and 12 (boy) years old, and then two younger kids, [...]
I made alot of noise last year about my new year’s resolution to read more books in 2010. That is one of the best resolutions I have made in more than a decade, and it has really changed up how much time I devote each day to reading, and how I think about the importance [...]
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I am in a book reading competition this year with my pal Erik Young (aka EPY), and I just finished reading one of the most enjoyable books thus far – What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Schulberg. I thought I would offer a few words about the book – a small review.
The [...]
Yesterday I finished book #11 in my 2010 book-reading quest - Creative Capital, by Spencer Ante. This book tells the story of Georges Doriot, considered to be the “Father of Venture Capital”, and the first venture firm, American Research and Development Corp (ARD). The author wass a technology/finance editor at Business Week (recently moved to the WSJ), so [...]