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…

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. …

What would the world be like without these five compromises? — While the US Constitution is probably one of the most fantastic groups of thoughts ever assembled by human beings, it didn’t just magically fall into place. The states had to agree on these five significant compromises during the 1787 Constitutional Convention to create the “instruction manual” that has guided our…

Is justice or personal bias the deciding factor? — Some historic decisions have been handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States in recent days. No matter the ruling, there’s always a mob for and a mob opposed protesting on the Supreme Court steps. The nine justices of the Supreme Court are Chief Justice John G. Roberts…

Word Baby, Word — I’m down with my bad self. — “Where’s the Beef?” “Go ahead, make my day!” Certain words, catchphrases, and sayings pass through our societal vocabulary. Eventually, they reach the point of saturation. While they’re currently in usage, you’re “hip” when using them, but when they’ve run their course, and you’re still using them, you’re passé or out…