I don’t trust people who “know” things.
Let me be clear: I have greatly benefitted from the knowledge of others. There are many things to learn all around us. There is no degree, title, badge, or uniform that offers clear delineation of whom may be a teacher in the school of life. If you want to find out who has [...]

In having any type of debate with another person, there are many reflexive responses that are identifiable fallacies that would never pass muster in even a Freshman-level debate club. People often turn to specious reasoning and personal attacks and diversions from the real subject when in the midst of confrontation. However, in my personal experience, if I’ve [...]

It seems we now live in a world where people are less inhibited about discussions of once-taboo topics. Ask anyone about religion or politics, and you’ll likely get an answer. And, many times, don’t ask—you’ll still get a very thorough accounting of someone else’s belief system. They’ll probably tell you how much money they made last year along [...]

At its heart, language serves to further understanding and inspire new thought. What we each possess in our own minds is uniquely powerful and unmatched in the natural world throughout all other species… the ability to become more than we once were and grow significantly beyond our natural instincts. Coupled with the ability to communicate complex ideas, [...]

Any business must, first and foremost, serve a need. There are plenty of needs out there, each representing a person in need. There are just as many clichés as how to best serve a need. Give a man a fish or teach him to fish. Common wisdom tells us that teaching a man to fish is greater both morally [...]

It has been said and often repeated that no battle plan survives contact with the enemy. The reason is simple… warfare, like any conflict, requires adaptability and realization of constantly changing circumstances. While war is at the extreme of all conflict, it is by no means dissimilar in nature from other forms.
It is for this reason that [...]

Credibility turned out to be too timely a topic to ignore today.  The subject had been on my mind, and then I ended up engaging in a pretty deep discussion of the matter.
I’m many things, but I’m a communicator first.  My background in sales, marketing, and technology falls behind that.  As such, I know there [...]

Leading up to Christmas, amidst the usual rancor regarding businesses that have gone “P.C.,” I heard perhaps the freshest argument and the one with which I personally agree the most regarding whether or not businesses choose to dare utter the word “Christmas.”  In an interview on Fox News, a minister (sorry, I didn’t take note [...]