My five year old granddaughter, Hadar, loves books. During the pandemic, with extra time at home, she’s learned many new things including how to read, how to ride a two wheeled bike and how to make the stickiest slime. Though she is a starting reader now, she still loves being read to before bed and I recently overheard Laurel read, via FaceTime, Hey, Little Ant, by Hannah and Phillip Hoose one night. It’s a tale about a boy who finds...

We recently launched a brand new online forum called Global Business Advisors Forums, for my dear client, colleague and friend, Phil Symchych, who is also known as The SME Business Wealth Builder®. One of the strongest ways of building and strengthening your brand is by creating a community around you. The purpose of such community is to attract like-minded people with mutual interests, who can help expand each other’s knowledge while serving and providing help in a variety of areas...

I’m trying to convince Laurel to stop watching the news all the time. Though I must admit that I glance at the blaring TV from time to time and I’d be lying if I said I don’t look at social media and news reports on my devices during the day. There you have it. It’s mid-July already and the summer is flying by. I’m busier than usual, especially during this pandemic, (I’m not complaining), and I’ve been social distancing while...

A while back, I watched a presentation by Jim Collins, author of the book, Good to Great, during the time he was heading the Peter Drucker Institute. He shared a story that many may not know. Peter Drucker, who was one of the most remarkable thinkers, lived to the age of 95 and wrote during his lifetime, 40 brilliant books, most of which I have in my own library. Only 1/3 of Drucker’s books were written and published before the...

This year celebrates 244 years of independence, honoring this great nation with all the turmoil, chaos, pain and strife that has marked 2020 to date. The High School and college graduates this year are saddened and angered by all that they’ve missed out on; senior prom, closing ceremonies or the opportunity to walk across the stage with cap and gown, diploma in hand serenaded by the cheers of family and friends amongst the sea of happy faces. It’s certainly a...