The following is based upon a student interviewing someone he considers “Successful” for a class assignment. The interview question was “How do you define success?”I was struck by so many of the following responses which were packed with what I consider valuable, sage, advice:Each point of your life you think about success in terms of the next obj …
It amazes me that so many people are reluctant or afraid to be vaccinated. Or have other ill advised reasons. We are suffering an ongoing worldwide Pandemic and all the science points to vaccination being the path to herd immunity . And we are so fortunate that vaccinations are available (and free to boot). Being of a certain age, we were in the …
Last Friday night we had a Boys Night Out reunion. It was the first time a disparate group of my friends congregated in about 2 years and, of course, the 9 guys in attendance were thrilled to be together (in person)!One of the guys, David Rubin, asked the Right On question as to how the Pandemic has affected our lives and there were many different …
In Key West there is a practice called the “Local Discount” of 10% for “Locals”. We somehow qualify and appreciate it. Usually we are noticed as “Locals” and automatically receive it. When we are not, I sometimes request it. A discount is certain amount or percentage deducted from the usual or posted price (a whole blog could be written on wh …
In the sports world, being benched is not a good thing as you are taken off the playing field and assigned to “riding the pine” and hopefully motivated to think “Put me in Coach I’m ready to play!” However, in real life, a lot can go on while one is sitting on a bench (even, I suppose, in sports). As pictured, the center of Key West society sits …
The title is intentionally deceiving to draw your attention. I am not asking your IQ number. I am asking which type or types of intelligence quotient best fits you. As pictured, there are actually 9 types of IQ and personally I’d like to think I’m in the running for 8. No way, musical! No doubt, interpersonal! How’s about you?
When I was young, except for sports stories and related trivia, I was pretty empty headed. And maybe that was a good thing, as there may now be less useless information clogging my cranial band width. Passing on how I got from there and then to here and now (maybe a story for another time), it is indisputable that I presently suffer from an unq …
No wonder Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is our richest billionaire (pre divorce)! One of my quirks is that I save credit card chits and check them against my monthly credit card bills. We have a Master Card and an American Express card. While going through this ritual I noticed that each account had a charge for Amazon Prime. I eventually got around t …
Recently I was going down a one-way street in the wrong direction and a passing driver called me out for it. Without thinking I heard myself say “but I’m left-handed“ and the driver laughed. As you know I am left-handed and think on the right side of my brain. Whether or not being left handed is the reason for it, as you may know, I do not stifl …
A 100 years from now very few of us today will still be functioning. Yet, (hopefully) the World as we know it will continue to thrive, turn and ripen. Just as 100 years ago few of us were alive. Yet 1919 society, as it was, thrived and resonates still today. A great example is the epic Babe Ruth trade that year from the Boston Red Sox to my Ya …
I have used iPhones since all the way back to my early Blackberry days, but just now hooked up with Siri. Was I shy or just a Luddite? No matter, we had no intercourse until my Apple computer Guru Steve Levy recently introduced us. He asked if I used Siri and I said I did not. He then patiently explained what I’ve been missing and proceeded to …
My Top 10 New Year's Resolutions are as follows: 1) Eat less French Fries2) Drink more water3) Wear a hat and sunscreen4) Make a new friend5) Wash my hands more6) Be more tolerant 7) Spend less time on my phone8) Fend off suppression9) Develop new routines10) Dream!
Did you ever wake up in the middle of the night with a start and realize that you forgot to do something important? Well, in the early morning hours of last Saturday I had such an experience as I realized that Gotham had forgotten to make plaques for this year’s worthy networkers of the year Laurel Scarr-Konel and Brett Deutsch.What to do? It quick …
I am a loyal disciple of Juice Plus which I use every day and believe bolsters my immune system. If that wasn’t enough there are also little inserts in my delivery which I read and are quite fruitful and interesting. The following caught my eye: New research shows that allowing yourself to be bored is key to creativity. While out for a drive, a wal …
Having reached a venerable age, yet aspiring to be Forever Young, one notices many not so subtle changes. One of the most obvious is having someone get up and offer a subway seat. Another is receiving courteous “Sir” greetings. Some would say “It’s all good” and that I earned it. Nonetheless, there is an invidious flip side. Too often, almost eve …
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