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Part IV: Do A Selfie. Do You Have The Right Stuff?

So far, In part 1 of our series on entrepreneurship, you determined your non-negotiables – those persons, places, things, and times that you are not willing to compromise or relinquish.

 In part 2, we learned about some data resources and web sites to help you ferret out … [Read more...] about Start-Up Success Strategies For Boomer Entrepreneurs – Part Four

Two recent studies have indicated that testosterone replacement therapy causes a significant increase in the incidence of heart attacks, death, and strokes. As a result, our friends at the FDA are planning to investigate whether there should be a concern about the use of testosterone. 

Let me start by providing some facts: 

1) Nearly 100% of men who have … [Read more...] about Testosterone: Just How Risky Is It?

Part III: LOOK! Flood Light? No! Laser Beam? Yes!

Focus, focus, focus. Use the funnel approach, from floodlight to laser beam.

Start small. As proof positive for the wisdom of this strategy, recall the history of your favorite current fast-food establishment.  Think back on … [Read more...] about Start-Up Success Strategies For Boomer Entrepreneurs

These days my telephone is just a thing on my desk and seldom used. Few call me and the three long time close friends that I stayed in touch with passed away earlier this year. I occasionally call one of my four remaining kids (the fifth passed away in 2005 at age 41) but we usually stay in touch through email or Facebook.

When I think of … [Read more...] about Using My Telephone

We rely on rules to prevent chaos, but o rules ever get in the way of what’s natural? Is chaos ever a good thing?

We resist and or fear both unnatural chaos (for good reason) and natural chaos (because we’ve been conditioned to), so we rely on policies and rules to ease individual and collective fears and, we usually hope, to smooth life’s path. How’s that really … [Read more...] about Can Too Many Rules Bring Out the Bully in Some People?