Can you believe that Donald Trump is our President? The Russians are hacking like crazy. The NSA is collecting data about me. There is no inflation, so they say — somebody forgot to tell my supermarket. The Knicks (Lakers, Celtics – take your pick) stink! It is way too cold in New England. It…
There are all kinds of approaches to managing groups of people. It appears that micromanagement is accepted as a valid alternative by many practitioners (not necessarily theoreticians). Ladies and gentlemen – where is the logic in this approach? Just for arguments sake, let us say you are heading an organization with 100 professionals. Assuming that…
I wrote this piece for my daughter when she was 16 years old and a struggling teenager. At the time, she did not know about my past and my decision to defy the KGB and risk capture by the FBI for only one reason: To be with her and to take care of her. Today,…
Just kidding. Life in the “fast lane” it is not. You get a text at 8 PM from the producer asking if you can be on at 6 AM the next morning. You say “sure” because that is what you publicist told you to do. After all, you are trying to sell a book. So,…
Note: Dr. Zacharias is one of the most prominent living Christian philosophers. He is often called the C.S.Lewis of our time and is best introduced via the bio on his web site: http://rzim.org/about/ravi-zacharias/ My wife Shawna and I were blessed with an invitation to meet Dr. Zacharias at the RZIM (the name of his organization)…
Monday March 17th: Suitcase packed, and ready for a two-week adventure called book tour. On arrival at LaGuardia, I am quickly reminded that I am not of the Northeast anymore. While not unfriendly, the fellow who assigns taxicabs does his job efficiently but with a grim face and dismissive gestures. In Georgia, we would have…
