Harvey Mackay
Remove the white noise and add white space
A reader sent me an Albany (N.Y.) Times Union article about Cablevision Systems CEO Jim Dolan. The article is not about Jim’s day job....
Business can learn from Joe
Joe Arpaio’s green-bologna methods don’t cut it in family and business life, but part of his mindset may.
Not long ago, I became acquainted with...
Courage is the mastery of fear
Fear can paralyze us, preventing us from achieving, even from living.
Sometimes, the frightening events brought to us daily on television make us feel like...
Drawing a bead on leadership
What are the qualities that make a good leader? (And remember many of us are all leaders.) You don’t have to be a general,...
What I appreciate about work
A few weeks ago, I spent some unanticipated time in the hospital. A sudden illness turned into three weeks of feeling crummy and, eventually,...
Starting smart: Tips for your first day on the job
Recently, I observed a young mother the evening before her third-grader started the fall semester. It was a new school for Robbie. Mom had...
Global economy makes world much flatter than we thought
Want a book to wow you? Go read Thomas Friedman’s “The World is Flat.”
Friedman’s point is that today you can go anywhere and reach...
Working after retirement your true golden years
The late Arthur Miller, one of America’s great playwrights, was noted for his outrage against the relentless grinding away of the individual by the...
With volunteer projects, you get what you give
Our country is seeing a volunteer need now the likes of which we have seen few times in our history. The response to the...
Lessons on discouragement
Have you ever heard the old fable about when the devil offered all the tools of his trade to anyone who would pay their...









