A Broadway Phenom Lin-Manuel Miranda’s play, Hamilton, a musical based on founding father Alexander Hamilton, is a bonafide Broadway sensation. Sold out for the remainder of 2016 and the foreseeable future. Single seats sell for 3 to 10 times the ticket value (if you can find them). Hamilton racked up more Tony nominations than any…
Our son is an only child. Sorry, son. That’s just the way it worked out. A challenge with being an only child is that the viewfinder is always focused on you for good or bad reasons. No breaks. Ever. The child may think they are getting a break when what is happening are the parents…
We have all heard the expression, “older and wiser!” Indeed, wisdom often does come with age. The problem, however, is that the understanding was not there when we needed it back when we were young. So, a great question I like to ask is, “knowing what I know now, what would I tell my younger…
The workplace, in my experience, boils down to focusing on two things: attitude and execution. Generally, these walk hand in hand. Having the right attitude can help you execute better. If you perform well, you’re succeeding at your job. But what exactly is a great work attitude? Are there beliefs/actions that are transportable across different organizations…
I thought I would share another parenting experience, where I was the bad guy, again, in the hope YOU can avoid it. Standardized Tests For many of us, we have academic hopes for our kids., The standardized tests (SAT & ACT) loom large in the requirements matrix to make it into most universities. Like many…
The Background – Boom in Electronics I grew up in a special time in a magical place. The time was the early 1970’s. The place was Southern California. During that time, there was a once-in-a-lifetime confluence of musical talent and new musical technologies that created a boom in consumer electronics. Before there was video,…