As of a few weeks ago, at least twenty major U.S. art museums were without directors. Newsweek commented on just how difficult it is to fill these positions with anywhere near perfect candidates. The magazine’s “Help Wanted: Museum Boss” article talked about some of the challenges of running a modern museum – dealing with huge […]
Brilliant as he was, Albert Einstein still needed to get to the top of the scientific search list. So, how did Einstein, who started his career as an obscure patent clerk, do it? How did he come out of nowhere, I mean, to be known the world over for his Theory of Relativity? Well, recently […]
In the summer issue of Indianapolis Tennis Magazine, coach Spencer Fields writes, “It has always been interesting for me to see the player who picks up a racket right before season begins, and then to see how they perform for the next three months” (Here’s the part that really grabbed my attention): “Often, they start […]
In October’s Southside Times, advertising guru Dr. Robert Montgomery talks about Elmer Wheeler’s “Six Rules For Successful Salesmanship”. Interesting; I’d actually been taught these very rules years ago, and, like Bob Montgomery, I find them every bit as relevant today as they were back then. Two pieces of Wheeler advice, I think, are an especially […]
Bloggers and burritos – it doesn’t seem as if the two have anything in common other than sharing the same first letter. Of course I could make the observation that blogs, like burritos, “wrap up” ideas in nice, tasty packages that deliver just enough information to searchers on the Web – you catch my metaphor. […]
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