“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” – Steve Jobs When we’re young, we look to more experienced mentors for advice. Later on, we become the advisors. At least, that’s how it[…] Read On
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” – Queen Gertrude, Hamlet Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was an outspoken and philanthropic champion of women’s causes. Behind the scenes, he’s alleged to have assaulted and made unwanted and explicit sexual advances towards dozens of actresses and employees whose careers he could make[…] Read On
These are “red flag warning” days in California, where the combination of low humidity, high winds and no rainfall since spring make for high fire danger. It’s something we deal with annually. Last year, the only reason a fire close to our home didn’t spread was that the night was[…] Read On
You have to reinvent yourself. I’ve been hearing that phrase so often lately it’s really starting to get on my nerves. Here’s the problem: Everyone says it after the fact as the reason why they were successful. Like that was the plan all along. Horseshit. What usually happens is they[…] Read On
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 1:9 When you’ve been around as long as I have, you can look back over your life[…] Read On
CBS News tweeted that Tom Petty had died following a massive heart attack earlier today. Actually, the rock & roll legend was not dead, at least not at the time. He is now, but that’s neither here nor there. The Twitterati were so confused they didn’t know whether to mourn[…] Read On
Pro football may be a sport, but it’s about the richest and most profitable sport on Earth. The average NFL franchise is worth over a $1 billion and so are the newer stadiums. Television networks also cough up billions for multiyear NFL programming deals. How pro football got that way,[…] Read On