There’s an old saying that “it is after the storm that the roses bloom”; good, I should have a vase-full of big red ones real soon. An eventuality that has been looming for over a year is taking place. We were in serious financial straits last year so in order to stay afloat we cashed [...]
Oct
14
2009
14
2009
Oct
9
2009
9
2009
Outta Work
On February 9, 2009, I became yet another casualty of the economic downturn. I’d sold Hondas at the same store for 13 years and on that morning I found myself standing in front of my chicken-shit sales manager and the guy he had to ask for help doing the hatchet job. Frankly, it’s not like [...]
Aug
18
2009
18
2009
“As I have shifted my focus from what is wrong with the planet to what is right, my creativity has exploded.”
I met the author of the quote that serves as the title of this article the evening of my 40th high school class reunion. We’d spent some time in the same fishbowl all those years ago but in a school of 3,000+ students it’s easy to miss someone. She was talking to my wife while [...]