I feel strongly about supporting local businesses — they contribute to the character of my community so my job is to financially contribute to their success. Their job is to make that possible. If you make it hard for me to spend money in your shop, depending on how much I like you and your establishment, I might try try…
I’ve noticed that the socially appropriate way to answer when someone asks how you’re doing is not necessarily “fine,” but instead “busy.” Maybe you add a flourish like “crazy busy” or “swamped.”
Leading up to Thanksgiving, each day I will blog about what I’m doing to be more grateful. I invite you to join me, and to share your thoughts, observations, suggestions and ideas. Day 11: Giving thanks for the people who have hurt us It was the prophet Don Henley who said: I’ve been tryin’ to get down to the heart…
Leading up to Thanksgiving, each day I will blog about what I’m doing to be more grateful. I invite you to join me, and to share your thoughts, observations, suggestions and ideas. Day 10: Instead of regretting the past, being grateful for the present This week I’m blogging about the reasons I’m not as grateful as I know I should…
Leading up to Thanksgiving, each day I will blog about what I’m doing to be more grateful. I invite you to join me, and to share your thoughts, observations, suggestions and ideas. Day Nine: Being grateful for what you have instead of wanting what you don’t have Over the years, I’ve read various studies about how watching television encourages us…
Leading up to Thanksgiving, each day I will blog about what I’m doing to be more grateful. I invite you to join me, and to share your thoughts, observations, suggestions and ideas. Day Eight: The Hate List Project As part of the Month of Thanksgiving, I shared the Love List Project from the blog Halfway to Normal. The basic concept…
Leading up to Thanksgiving, each day I will blog about what I’m doing to be more grateful. I invite you to join me, and to share your thoughts, observations, suggestions and ideas. Day Seven: What stops you from being grateful? I know I’m pretty doggone lucky. I know I should be grateful for all my many blessings. But sometimes, let’s…
As you might know, I’m a fan of Keith Ferrazzi, author of Who’s Got Your Back. On his blog this month, Keith offered six simple steps to improving your relationships. The Relationship Action Plan includes: Creating a list of 100 people who are most important to your success and joy Looking for ways to help people Getting smart about setting goals…
Matt and Rene Greff run two popular businesses – Arbor Brewing Co., a brewpub in Ann Arbor, which spawned Corner Brewery, a microbrewery in Ypsilanti where they bottle beer for retail distribution. Both places draw big crowds and reviewers praise their beer. It’s quite the successful little empire. Matt and Rene are two of our very favorite people back home, and…
Reincarnation could be described as the ultimate reinvention: in death you leave behind one body and your soul goes on to another life in a new body. Not everyone believes in reincarnation, but it would appear the Newhouse family does, at least in business. Their company, Advance, announced this week that the 174-year-old daily newspaper The Ann Arbor News would…
Many of my friends are journalists — reporters, editors, photographers, the many things people do to deliver you the news every day. But with advertising drying up and Wall Street hammering on news organizations that mostly still seem flummoxed by how to make money online, that’s a tough place to make a living. A graphic designer started keeping track of all…
