It was Wednesday morning at SelectUSA in Washington, DC. Foreign companies we visited from Sunday through Tuesday returned to our booth. They were a little overwhelmed with, “All 50 states claiming to be Number One”. These companies knew as much about the USA as we knew about Germany and ...
When my daughter Dannielle was a young child she loved her “Sweet Pickles'' books. The books are about animals with a human personality trait, like Accusing Alligator, Healthy Hippo, Worried Walrus and Dannielle’s favorite, Goof Off Goose. I read the book to her so many times it’s etched ...
Last month we were at Disney World with my youngest son and his family. They went to Toy Story Land in Disney’s Hollywood Studios to ride Slinky Dog Dash, a roller coaster that made me sick last time I rode it. Lynnda and I stayed in Star Wars Land, got a cold drink and relaxed. I had a ...
This week Lynnda and I took a short vacation to Massanutten near Harrisonburg, Virginia. Our daughter, Dannielle drove over from Baltimore to spend time with us. Dannielle teaches Outdoor School for her county. Each pubic school student is required to spend a week in Outdoor School. They take 3 ...
My wife, Lynnda, likes to watch the Hallmark channel. I don't mind watching. It's entertaining and the movies have a happy ending. One consistent theme in all of Hallmark's love stories happens when the relationship of the couple is ready to fall apart, a wise friend or relative steps in and ...
Lynnda and I returned to Columbus on Sunday from the National Speakers Association Winter Conference in Orlando, Florida. We couldn’t help but notice the increased gasoline prices in Ohio and West Virginia. In Florida we paid $3.59 to fill up the rental. It cost $3.89 per gallon to fill up my ...
You are important! You are capable of much more than you may realize. In these challenging times we all need to do our part. We are still dealing with COVID. The Federal Government announced the U.S. inflation rate climbed again in January to 7.5% and stayed at a 40-year high. No surprise to ...
A few years ago, as an adjunct professor at Pierpont Community and Technical College, I taught a leadership course to second year students. They were incredible. All worked and attended Community College. One young lady even supported her father. Their jobs weren’t very high wage. They wanted ...
This week Intel announced a $20 Billion investment to build its most advanced semiconductor chip manufacturing operation near Columbus, Ohio. The project will create 3,000 new jobs paying an average $135,000 a year plus benefits and 7,000 construction jobs. The Intel project will also generate ...
For the last two weeks we have been in our “southern office” outside of Orlando. With the latest COVID surge more meetings are virtual. We flew out of Charleston just ahead of a snowstorm. Because of the pandemic we learned to work remotely. We can now work anywhere there is a good internet ...