In a comment on my September 11 post Kate Lavender said, “I have always believed that quote “we are not made, or unmade, by the things that happen to us but by our reactions to them” – I had lost sight of that of late and your story brings the importance of personal choices being who we are back full force.”
I’m grateful to Kate; it’s good to know my point was made with at least one person.
This is as true for companies as it is for individuals and especially true in the current economic environment.
We can use this economic debacle …read more

The sound you heard a few weeks ago was the largest Ponzi scheme in history crashing down on the heads of investors around the world.
As with the banks and auto companies there were plenty of warning signs, but people ignored or rationalized them—trust does funny things to usually savvy people.
But who is Bernard L. Madoff, other than being a crook? What’s he like? Why was he so trusted?
I found this video, which gave me a much better understanding of why people gave him their money—he seems far more of a cuddly, smart, financial grandpa than the crook who’s been in …read more