This year, I have posted several articles observing how the vocal few, amplified by online social networks, have an outsized...
Year: 2017
Saving just a few dollars every day can make a big difference, if you invest it. This lesson is lost...
Life is too short and there is too much opportunity, to work in the wrong environment. I've had a bit...
As part of my Have a Daughter series, check out this speech by Reshma Saujani at TED. I have written...
I believe expectations are a surprisingly important factor in success, no matter if the context is sports, business, politics, or...
It starts with "We the people..." America is not about one leader dominating the agenda, getting stuff done for the...
If you are a frequent reader of OptimismMan.com, chances are you already realize that I believe there is a significant...
Much of my life, I have seen myself as an enthusiastic ideaman. I have more ideas per day than most...
Is your company designed so that its managers and associates will be happy at work? Probably not. The executives that...
When it comes to sport, we enjoy watching a hyper competitive match. Rules, referees, and video replay are all in...
Everything is become more complicated and interconnected. When faced with a difficult decision, almost everyone adds more detail, weighs more aspects, analyzes...
Far too many people think "the brilliant big idea" is the root of home run success. I believe home runs happen...
Below are three great thoughts by Charles Buxton. It is so easy to forget how true these observations are, as you...
Please watch part one first, earlier this month. These two posts work better together. My optimism for the pace of...
Humans often -- usually, in fact -- have failures of imagination. We often don't see the next leap, the next...
We have lived through a truly divisive decade and election. In just the last few months, Trump pulled off a...
All of us daydream with a hopeful attitude from time to time. We imagine ourselves in a different state of life,...
Too often, we think that those who achieve something really special were born with huge advantages. Yet, if you read...
Worrying about stuff that might or might not happen seems to have risen exponentially as we have become more interconnected....
