Over the years, I’ve hired hundreds of people. I’ve hired entry-level interns, I’ve hired senior-level engineers and I’ve hired executives. But, I have never hired a PhD. When I hire people, I try to find people who, depending on the role, can either do things or get things done. Someone
In January 2013, President Barack Obama said, “If there’s even one thing we can do to reduce this [gun] violence, if there’s even one life that can be saved, then we’ve got an obligation to try.” A few weeks later he tweeted, “If we save even one life from gun
There’s a “hidden” cost associated with allowing caravan immigrants into the country. Actually, it’s not so much hidden as it is unmentioned. The costs are easy to spot. All you have to do is look for them. Before we get started, let’s see if we can agree on something: There
I know we don’t agree on much these days, but we should be able to agree on this: Only informed people can make informed decisions. If you’re working with false or misleading information, you can’t possibly have everything you need to make a good decision. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC),
Back in 2009 the game “Farmville” was released on Facebook and quickly became one of the biggest games of the time. To the average player, it may have looked like the goal of Farmville was to keep your crops alive and thrive as a farmer. But that wasn’t the real
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. You can look at a single image and imagine what must have happened to reach that particular point in time. There is no way for anyone to know what transpired to make that image possible. So, Big Media takes a single
From time to time I hear people talking about “stolen valor”. That is, when someone pretends to be in the military when they really weren’t. Identity theft is nasty in any circumstance, but it is truly despicable to claim you served and sacrificed for your country when, in actuality, you
There are three little words that everyone wants to hear. Oh, no. Not those three words. I see your confusion. Since it’s so close to Valentine’s day, I bet you thought I was talking about the words “I love you”. Sorry. That’s not what this is about. This is about
I have a personal policy of not “unfriending” people for what they say. While I might not agree with someone, they have a right to their opinion, and I have a right to mine. I’m also not going to cancel my Facebook and Twitter accounts. Mostly I’m not cancelling them
When we lived in Florida, we lived in a gated community called “Embassy Lakes”. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept of a gated community, I’ll explain it to you. There’s a bunch of houses in a nice neighborhood. The nice neighborhood also has a bunch of nice amenities