Where's That DeLorean?

by | Nov 6, 2011 | General Interest

In a previous post, I alluded to the Movie Back to the Future. Well, I’m at it again. This “new” idea was published first in 1937. I am referring to Napoleon Hill’s seminal work, Think and Grow Rich. This book, with How to Win Friends and Influence...

Business Incubators

by | Oct 29, 2011 | General Interest

I was in Niagara Falls N.Y.  last week, and I got thinking about the differences between the two countries. One difference, is for the most part, if you discuss a business incubator, people in Ontario think you are talking about raising chickens. So what am I talking...

Mental illness, now what?

by | Oct 17, 2011 | General Interest

Now, before you go all “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” on me, it should be understood that current treatments and new drug therapies have provided more autonomy and independence to the “consumer” than ever before. (Isn’t that a stupid term? Like “I would like...

Mental Health

by | Oct 12, 2011 | General Interest

I risk going off topic today. I often speak about goal setting or small business, but statistics tell us mental illness affects one in five families, so this affects business, it affects goal setting, it affects life. First question, why are we so frightened of people...

Back to the future

by | Sep 27, 2011 | General Interest

Back to the Future When you read a business newspaper, you are told again and again how business is changing. To riff on Marty McFly (Back to the future) I believe there is a solution. It is loosely based on the old system of Guilds. But we have to accept the fact...