It's been sitting idle for a few years now, it made parking in our driveway a little inconvenient, and it was a bit of an eyesore. But it also held many great memories, much like this clip from Father of the Bride. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbRGmOO-Ed0&spf We put a basketball pole in our driveway about 20 years ago, … Continue reading The End of an Era →

Here's a recent blurb from a recent Harvard Business Review article: Bain & Company recently launched a study that asked more than 1,000 men and women in a mix of U.S. companies two questions: “Do you aspire to top management within a large company?” and “Do you have the confidence you can reach top management?” … Continue reading Companies Drain Women’s Ambition After Only 2 Years →

For throwback Thursday, I thought I would share some videos from the TV shows I used to watch as a kid, primarily on Saturday mornings. I recall how great it was to watch these shows while eating a bowl of Cocoa Puffs or Fruit Loops. I think many of these shows were only shown in … Continue reading Reliving My Childhood TV Habits, Philly Style →

We've had dogs in our house for over 20 years, and we will likely have dogs in our house for another 20 years. One of the reasons for this is that I find dogs to be amazing creatures. Here is a list of things that dogs can do, classified by types of dogs: therapy dogs … Continue reading Dogs Are Simply Amazing →

Research has shown that polite language increases abstract thinking. Polite language is more formal and is used in contexts when people are more socially distant and less familiar with others. Separate research has shown that formal clothing is often worn to follow norms, but also serves to obtain respect, signaling professionalism and maintenance of social distance. Indeed, wearing formal clothing … Continue reading How You Dress and How You Talk Affects How You Think →

The Harvard Business Review (HBR) recently had an article on its web site titled, "Why Compassion Is a Better Managerial Tactic than Toughness" by Emma Seppälä. The main question the article attempts to address is "How should we react when an employee is not performing well or makes a mistake?"  Seppälä notes that frustration is of … Continue reading Why Compassion Is Better than Toughness →

The Wall Street Journal had an editorial piece today about how weak and biased summer reading lists for high school students are these days. He relates the story of a friend who was dismayed to see contemporary writers such as David Eggers, Malcolm Gladwell, and Barbara Ehrenreich on his daughter's reading list, with Tobias Wolff’s … Continue reading High School Summer Reading List →

My students went on a little field trip yesterday. As part of Villanova's Summer Business Institute, which enables non-business students to earn a business minor in one summer, we focus on one company throughout the program to use as a point of reference for many of the concepts. This summer, the company is Wawa, a … Continue reading Door Etiquette: Wawa and My Wife →

While freelancing has been around for a long time, the Internet, like it has done for many things, has opened up a world of opportunities for freelancing, both in terms of those looking to do freelance work, or those looking to hire a freelancer. Hand in hand with the notion of freelancing is outsourcing, particularly … Continue reading The World of Freelancing and Outsourcing →

While I was looking for a commercial to feature on today's blog, I decided to take a look back at some really old commercials. While there were a lot of web sites that offered a look back at such commercials, one of the best sites I found was the Internet Archive, which can be found … Continue reading Some Old (Really Old) Commercials – Are We Any Better Off Today Than 1958? →