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“There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it’s the risk, the gamble. In any event it’s a thing I need.”  –  William Faulkner As a child I took many risks. At times, I calculated in my own mind the risk vs rewards. But there were …

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi Dear readers, I’d like to share a passage I read in Dr. Subhash Sharma’s 2007 book, New Mantras in Corporate Corridors. It reads: “Metaphor of three wise men walking in corporate corridors. Wiseman walking in the corridor on its right side is Adam …

As 2020 approaches, China investing to expand continues to reap the fruits of its investments in the Americas and its Belt Road Initiative. The U.S., heavily indebted to China, invested to survive as it continues to lick its wounds from military wars. “Economic co-dependence” or China’s chosen term “win–win”?  Either way, it is proving to …

In law it is said that “He who represents himself has a fool for a client.” One can argue that he or she who is represented by high-price criminal lawyers have fooled themselves into thinking their lawyers will also defend their brand and reputation. Actors and celebrities’ lives are constantly under the spotlight:social media, television, …

Tiger, Congratulations on your 5th Masters Win! Today, thousands of fans in Augusta, Georgia and millions around the world, watched as Eldrick Tont Woods, aka Tiger Woods was awarded the Masters Champion “Green Jacket.” The 2019 Masters Tournament is considered Tiger’s comeback, “Opportunity to come back one of the biggest I’ve had.” Tiger’s “14-year gap …

True Leader “Of the People, For the People and By the People.” Black History Month in the U.S. is seen by some as a time of remembrance and celebration of great leaders who empowered a people and a nation. Still, generation after generation, American black men and women continue to shed tears. Why? The bloody …

“The Western democracies, for example, are out after money and the Eastern Communists are out after power; otherwise they share an identical view of life, and [such] ideologies which accompany identical acts can only be described as a cruel hoax.” – John Wilkinson, 1964 It seems to me that if Americans are honest with themselves …

“If we can agree that the recession wasn’t about bubbles but about the organization of knowledge, we can move on to restoring the systems that allowed the global economy to expand more in the last 60 years than in the previous 2,000.”  – Hernando de Soto Recall the metaphor of the man who lost his …

Anniversary Congrats!  Invention or Innovation? Need to be original for success? Ask “Tweety”, “Beeper”, and “Twitter” Photo quote from 2010 article Can Twitter Make Money?  “TITANS OF TWEET Twitter founders…hoist cold ones…its real fortunes depend on proving that tweets have value.” “We don’t think we are there yet,” says Twitter cofounder Evan Williams Think you’re …

“Director Mueller and future FBI directors, if the trend of politicization continues, must demonstrate courage and independence in conducting politically sensitive investigations. . . It is left up to the Department of Justice and its principal investigative agency, the FBI, to ensure that such investigations will occur. . . The very future of the criminal …