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Carpetbags of Versatility
“In this volatile business of ours, we can ill afford to rest on our laurels, even to pause in retrospect. Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.” * Walt Disney This essay can be found on Substack at Carpetbags of Versatility - by John Chambers
Jan 12, 20191 min read
We're Number One!
My New Year’s resolution was to recover from televised, American football addiction. So tonight’s college championship is just the last...
Jan 7, 20194 min read
There's No Present Like Time
“There's no time like the present, No present like time. And life can be over in the space of a rhyme.” Georgia Byng, Molly Moon's...
Dec 21, 20186 min read
The HMS Beagle and You
"Taxonomy was Darwin’s foundation,” wrote biologist Mary Winsor. It demands your artistic creativity and your scientific curiosity. Yo
Nov 21, 20181 min read
Making a Living, or Making a Mark?
"I never thought I'd live to be a million." The Moody Blues* Business owners, whether of grand corporations or Mom-and-Pop stopovers, take pride in their legacy. They will look upon the balance sheet, or the web page, or gaze across the parking lot toward the bricks and mortar. In the beginning those places were constructed on pillars of disciplined savings, the stress of mortgages, bank notes and promises, cornerstones of a dream. “When the notes are paid,” they wondered,
Apr 30, 20186 min read
