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Won

It is January 4th of 2021.  The big question is are you still in business? If so you are a winner in the random lottery of Covid-19…. Surviving 2020 was a challenge for just about everyone. Not all businesses made it to today.  I have clients who had to close due to...

Let them fail

No matter how hard it is to watch and experience, it seems to be in the best interests to allow people to fail, starting with children. While it may seem counterintuitive, it’s one of the best things a parent can do. According to Dr. Stephanie O’Leary, a...

Delay gratification

Delaying gratification, apparently is very good for kids according to studies, and the habits of childhood make us who we are as adults. In the classic Marshmallow Experiment of 1972 involved placing a marshmallow in front of a young child, with the promise of a...

Happiness Advantage

We have all had the old adage “Work hard and you will be successful”.  Believing that with success comes happiness. But along with success, come the mental idea of goals, which pushes goals further away, so no happiness.  So, in theory this is a broken formula. It is...

Evolution

Radio was worried about tv, tv was worried about cable, cable was worried about streaming services.  Now streaming services have a worry. Premium video services are increasingly worried about social media sites, such as TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Twitch, where...

The $2 bill

Did you know that the $2 bill is still in circulation?  Did you know that they are not scarce?  Did you know that printing $2 bills is twice as cost-effective for the government as printing $1 bills since they both cost the same amount (5.5 cents) to manufacture? But...

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