Work obligations prevented me from posting much last week, but it did give me a unique opportunity to talk to sports fans from around the country. I was in Las Vegas for five long days (and four short nights) attending my company’s annual customer conference. In between training sessions and evening social events, conversation would […]

With fresh snow falling and the Jazz in the middle of a preseason break in the action, I decided to take advantage of the lull and get a start on my Christmas shopping over the weekend. Only 64 days left, people! Having spent many years in retail, facing the crowds and dealing with the weather […]

The psychology instructor had just finished a lecture on mental health and had proceeded to give an oral quiz to the freshman class.
Speaking specifically about manic depression, the instructor asked, “How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs one minute, then sits in a chair […]

“Failure to plan for succession is planning to fail.”
- J. K. Williams; President & CEO– Williams Buggy Whip Co., Inc.; 1902
Mr. Williams might not have known in 1902 that the end was imminent, but obviously he was not successful in plotting a viable transition strategy for his company. Known as the buggy whip syndrome, […]

“We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.” - Samuel Johnson
Last year, I think people had pretty minimal expectations about the Jazz. Maybe most of us here in Utah thought they could get to the playoffs, but I sure didn’t hear anybody betting […]

Marriage-a process much like a cafeteria — you carefully look over the choices, select what looks the best — and pay later.
At least that was the definition I found here. But that also sounds a lot like what Larry, Jerry, and the rest of the boys have to go through. I bet three years ago […]

con·vert n. 1. A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed.
Hard to believe, but that’s me. Raised in a family that faithfully […]