important lessons

Important lessons in life..Pick up in the rain

This is a true-to-life story. One night, at 11:30 pm, an elderly African-American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Herb car had broken down...

What is the most important lesson you have learned?

Throughout our lives we all make choices, and good or bad we learn from them. What is the best lesson you have learned, or the hardest lesson you have learned? Are you a person who learns through...

"Cousin Vinny" Agnello: Subway Franchisee From Hell

(FranchisePick.Com) The lively dispute between Anthony “Cousin Vinny” Agnello and Subway franchisor Doctor’s Associates, Inc. holds important lessons for both franchisors and...

"Cousin Vinny" Agnello: Subway Franchisee From Hell

(FranchisePick.Com) The lively dispute between Anthony “Cousin Vinny” Agnello and Subway franchisor Doctor’s Associates, Inc. holds important lessons for both franchisors and...

A New Step In Evolution

One of the most important experiments in evolution is going on right now in a laboratory in Michigan State University. A dozen flasks full of E. coli are sloshing around on a gently rocking table....

Spanish Socialism and the Art of Buying Elections

More than 13 million Spanish wage-earners and pensioners will begin receiving 400 euro (about $600) income tax rebates in June. The money should arrive just in time to help them pay the credit card...

Ownership Doesn't Always Mean Control

In the first post in my network neutrality series, I discussed the fear that without network neutrality rules, major telecom companies would engage in censorship of their customers' communications. I...

Zapatero and the Era of Post-Modern Politics

Spanish voters on March 9 narrowly re-elected Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to another four-year term in office. But he defeated his rival, Mariano Rajoy, the head of the...

Sunk costs, quitting and the value of your brand

One of the most important lessons they teach in business school is to 'ignore sunk costs'. It doesn't matter how much time or money or effort you've invested in something, if that project no longer...

Sunk costs, quitting and the value of your brand

One of the most important lessons they teach in business school is to 'ignore sunk costs'. It doesn't matter how much time or money or effort you've invested in something, if that project no longer...

Substantially Increase Your Chances for Self Improvement

In trying to improve our lives, attain greater success, and reach our goals, we try to find ways to improve ourselves. We try to become smarter, more efficient, or even more popular.There are several...

Feast of John Bosco

When I talk to my kids about the saints, I try to put them into historical perspective. St. John Bosco lived from 1815 to 1888 in Italy. He was alive during the American Civil war and in fact...