by Bruce Turkel | Oct 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Since the first day I made a speech in public, I’ve done everything I can think of to become better. My obsession started with my first talk — I was so nervous about presenting to a live audience that I wanted whatever help I could get before I made a fool of...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
My daughter and I came home from Publix the other day with a trunk full of groceries. When we dumped the bags on the kitchen counter we realized we had forgotten the basil and almond paste. Whole Foods is a lot closer to our house than Publix, so we shot over there to...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Some revolutions start with a bang. “The shot heard ‘round the world” is how Ralph Waldo Emerson waxed poetic about the opening salvos of the American Revolution at the battles of Lexington and Concord. About 135 years later, “The shot heard ‘round the world” was used...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
A revelation on luck from four different encounters: Number One: Last week I ran into Andy Bernstein, an old friend of mine from college. Andy and I only had a few minutes together in the elevator but we quickly reminisced about the fun we had in school and the few...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
If you visit the Smithsonian Institute, one of the exhibits you might see is a lunch counter that’s been carefully relocated from a Woolworth’s store in Greensboro, North Carolina to Washington D.C. History says that the counter was the site of the first...
