A Prescription for Itch
August 18, 2025
It began, as these things often do, with the unmistakable sensation of being set on fire by invisible ants. My back had erupted in an
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The Long Road to “Overnight Success”
August 8, 2025
“It takes twenty years to become an overnight success.” —Eddie Cantor It’s a laugh-out-loud line on the surface—and a brutal truth underneath. Eddie Cantor, the
When Passions Demand Victims: Einstein’s Final Warning
July 2, 2025
“Political passions, aroused everywhere, demand their victims.” — Albert Einstein, April 1955 Just days before his death, Albert Einstein wrote these chilling words in an
Implications for the Future of Charities from the Big Beautiful Act
June 26, 2025
Recently presented in Congress, passed by the House of Representatives, and now under Senate review, the Big Beautiful Act is expected to have a significant
Positioning: A 1981 Classic That Still Packs a Marketing Punch
June 25, 2025
Before SEO, before branding agencies were everywhere, and before digital disruption upended the business world, there was Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind. Written by
Am I Still in Control? After Forty Years, Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus’s Leaders: A Retrospective
June 23, 2025
Do the time-tested principles still apply in this day and age of popular cliches like “servant leadership,” “authenticity,” and “emotional intelligence”? Looking through my library’s
Writing Without Permission: How to Land Jobs Without the “Right” Degree
June 5, 2025
by Brad G. Philbrick For anyone trying to make a career pivot into professional writing—whether content marketing, technical writing, or medical communication—one thing becomes painfully
Lead by Listening: The Skill That Builds Trust, Teams, and Ideas
June 4, 2025
Listening has become a silent superpower in a world of distractions, views, and advice. First published more than 35 years ago, Kevin J. Murphy’s Effective
Where the Money Is—Still? A 2025 Look at a 2001 Investing Playbook
May 27, 2025
I came upon Dr. Bob Froelich’s book Where the Money Is: How to Spot High-Growth Stocks and Big-Payoff Opportunities buried behind the many newer books
Darwin’s Black Box, Opened: Is Behe’s Case Still Relevant Today?
May 16, 2025
When Michael J. Behe published Darwin’s Black Box in 1996, he opened a new chapter in the evolution debate—not with fossils or geology, but with
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