I remember when Williams-Sonoma launched the automatic bread maker.  It was quite a revolution.  With a couple of ingredients or even a pre-done box mix, you could make fresh bread with very little effort.  Fresh, homemade bread, what a wonderful way to feel like you’re doing something great for your family, right? Well, it didn’t

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In medicine, prescription without diagnosis is malpractice.  That clearly makes sense and I am hopeful that most doctors follow that sequence.  However, why does it seem that other professions don’t follow the same maxim? Like most guys, I love electronics.  To me, technology is fun and exciting and it can be like a puzzle.  If

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While in San Juan, I worked with someone who was the Strategic Sales Director for a well-known advertising agency in NY.  And we got talking about the importance of framing in communication.  And he shared a strategy the used consistently with his clients to make sure that they bought the campaign that he wanted them

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You are so talented! You have a gift. You’re a natural. Have you ever heard those words? Ever said them to someone else? On the surface, they seem like positive, encouraging words. But the question is…what did they have to do to earn them? Well, if someone is talented, they have a gift, or are

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