It’s in the news this week that Newsweek Magazine is for sale. Although I confess that I don’t read Newsweek with any regularity, the mention of it always catches my eye because my grandfather, Thomas John Cardell Martyn, originally founded the magazine in 1933. Clearly, I inherited his entrepreneurial instincts (and also his nose). However, [...]

In delivering my small business consulting services, I find that my clients are always wanting to be more productive. Everyone feels like they don’t get enough done. In a recent interview in Inc. Magazine, Tim Ferris, author of the best selling book, The Four Hour Work Week, said that while the title of his book [...]

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Most of my life I’ve been blessed with excellent health. So when I ended up in the ER on New Year’s Day, it was a bit of a surprise. As was finding out I have an ulcer! The good news is that I’ll be fine. But I know that things are rarely as simple as [...]

I read a fascinating article recently in Inc. Magazine about diapers.com, a five year old online business that this year made the Inc. 500 of the top 500 fastest growing private U.S. companies. Diapers.com CEO Marc Lore discussed his day to day life running the business and I gleaned three key lessons to share with [...]

The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported that using a checklist to help doctors and nurses avoid errors reduced deaths from surgery by more than 40%. (This was from a study done at eight hospitals.) 40%? Yes! Not some breakthrough drug. Not a brilliant new surgical technique. Not a multi-million dollar piece of equipment, [...]

Last night my computer started making some strange noises, the likes of which I had never heard before – Merlin is generally very quiet. Within a short period of time, the hard drive crashed and I tried not to panic. You probably know the feeling. A computer person told me once that eventually your computer [...]