“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Even if you only read the cliff notes in High School,  it’s likely you know that is the opening sentence of Charles Dicken’s, A Tale of Two Cities.   Understandably, with all the recent natural disasters, the latter of Dicken’s famous decree is a […]

I’ve had the opportunity to eat at In-N-Out Burger a couple of times in the last month or so.  We don’t have an In-N-Out here in Kansas City, so it’s a treat when I happen to be traveling somewhere that does have one.  I mentioned this to someone the other day and they had the […]

As the story often goes, it all happened mostly by accident. 20 yrs ago Jorn Barger coined a term “weblog” as he was writing his Robot Wisdom articles and then logging them on the web.  It was a “web log.”   A couple years later, as more of a joke, Peter Merholz broke the word into […]

Even with 75% of the Major League Baseball season still remaining to be played, the probability of the desired outcome (October playoff baseball) for Royals fans is not looking good.   One website currently has their probability percentage of winning their division at 0.3%.   At least they haven’t completely ruled them out! In business, the probabilities […]

What is your business best at?  If you were to finish this sentence – what words would you use? “We deliver the most (or best)  __________ to our customers!”   If you’re like the majority of businesses out there… and you’re honest about it, you probably can’t finish that sentence. And that’s okay for now. […]

Spring is just around the corner, anyone with a green thumb is getting anxious to spend more time outside in their yard.   There have also been several studies that confirm the health benefits of having a green thumb and the health benefits of gardening in general , so you’re very likely to find yourself in better […]