A businessman was heavily in debt and couldn’t see any way out of it. Creditors were pressing him. Suppliers were demanding payment. Banks refused to loan him any money. He was sitting on a park bench one day with his head down, trying to think of a way to save his company from bankruptcy. Suddenly
In 1899, the director of the U.S. Patent Office advised U.S. President William McKinley to close the office, saying that everything that can be invented has been invented. Was he ever wrong! The list of people with “crazy ideas” who made the impossible possible is endless. The four-minute mile is a given these days, but
A father said to his son, “I’m worried about your being at the bottom of the class.” The son responded, “Don’t worry, dad, they teach the same stuff at both ends.” A wise sage once told me, “Education is what you have left over after you have forgotten everything you’ve learned.” My good friend Nido
Eliza Doolittle, the main character in the Broadway musical “My Fair Lady,” makes a salient point about respect when she tells a visitor: “The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated. I shall always be a common flower girl to Professor Higgins because he
A young man, fresh from receiving his MBA, went back to visit his old college professor to ask him a question that had always puzzled him. He asked, “What do you think is the most important quality for someone who wants to become a business leader?” The professor answered without hesitation: “The ability to communicate.”
Just for fun, I reread the recent columns I’ve written during the past few years. It’s a practice I find very helpful: identifying trends, examining the topics that are reader favorites, and looking for ideas for the years ahead. Here’s my favorite part: reading the morals and reflecting on the messages they leave for the
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