Do We Know What Trump, Obama, Ross, and Goebbels Have in Common? The power of WE. Painter to the people Bob Ross died in 1995 but his legacy and his business is bigger than ever. “The majority of people who watch Bob have no interest in painting,” the woman who persuaded Ross to take his ...
The heroes we hoist up on a pedestal will let us down. But life's lovely ride—and the people we ride it with—is all we have. And YOU are the real life hero.
Brian Williams is toast. Brian Williams is not going to return to NBC Nightly News. He is not going to reenergize his news career. He’s not going to make a comeback. Brian Williams is toast. Williams has promised to get back on the air, saying, “Upon my return I will continue my career-long effort to be ...
The other day someone asked my brilliant friend John DeMarchi what he thought would happen in the NFL scandal. “Which NFL scandal?” DeMarchi asked, “the bullying scandal, the suicide scandal, the racial slur team name scandal, the concussion conundrum scandal or the guy who shot his girlfriend in the stadium parking lot scandal?” Seems like ...
Remember the scene in the movie Poltergeist when the worried parents came home to find their young daughter staring at a TV screen of static? The spooky little girl turned around and announced to her terrified folks, “They’re here.” I felt that way when I saw the recent marketing efforts for the areas in the ...
There’s an old story about the pessimist father who wanted to teach his optimist son a lesson. The only thing the kid wanted for his birthday was a pony. So on his birthday, when the kid was away at school, his dad called the local feed store and had his son’s bedroom filled from floor-to-ceiling ...