Here are some lists to simplify over 400 articles — In my five and a half months reign of terror on Medium.com I’m humbled to have almost 900 fans. I’m pleased that there are those who enjoy my almost daily musing on this platform. You’re the fire that keeps me engaged and in constant improvement mode. As I approach 400…

It’s that first impression. — Regular readers will remember that at one time in my life I was a personnel manager for a 10-store chain in San Diego. Hiring and firing people always seemed like a coin flip. If I hire this person, will they do great or will they fail to make it past…

Everything in Montana is big — Even our snow — We’ve all heard the old saying, “It’s not the heat; it’s the humidity.” As of this writing, most of the US is experiencing warmer than usual temperatures. Ninety degrees is a ho-hum temp in most parts of our nation. Being almost a mile above sea level, and a somewhat arid…

What’s Real and What’s Fake? Inquiring Minds Want To Know — I moved to Bozeman, Montana in 1993. At that time Bozeman was about 12,000. Not big not small. Kissing the smog layer of San Diego goodbye for the clean clear Big Skies of Montana. Today the Bozeman population is over 50,000. Median homes in the Gallatin Valley are priced right…

They are one of the greatest bands ever, in my opinion. — It was a night like any other cold Montana March night. I was sitting at the computer, blogging and commenting on Facebook. I received a Facebook message about an Eagles concert coming to Billings in June 2015. The message is a special invitation from American Express to buy advance tickets…

It won’t change anything — Let’s tax the rich at 90% and make them pay their “fair share.” Taxing the rich sounds like a great idea to someone uneducated about how taxes work until you run the numbers. What Happened When the Rich Paid Did Pay 94% in Taxes? Most people fail to realize the difference between “earned income” and “taxable income.” Back in 1944–45, the…

Other countries do it, why can’t we? — Universal Healthcare is not a Republican or Democrat issue as much as we’d like to make it so. We just need someone to blame if someone cannot obtain healthcare for any reason. When it comes to Universal Healthcare, who do you turn to for help? We always turn to the…

Work this easy-to-use plan and watch your small-town business grow — (This is a long article, so you might want to use the Medium “Listen” feature above to the right of my name.) The principal reason for this newsletter is to assist small business owners in the execution of their marketing, advertising, and promotional efforts. To be “self-marketing,” if you will. …

You need a workable process — Albert Einstein once said, “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” Albert has the right idea. This simple idea sums up the daily problems we have in our lives. …