I’ve often told budding entrepreneurs that success in business is a path laid with bricks of failure. You must train yourself to see each failure as one more hurdle you’ve overcome to get closer to your success. Failure has incredible value. “I’ve made every mistake in the book,” is a common phrase you will hear […]

My mom has been dead for a couple years now. I still haven’t really clearly understood the emotions of that experience. It’s like a punch to your spirit, I guess. Like an emotional flu. It’s not anguish. It’s more like a depletion. Like someone cut a limb off. I bring it up because the emotions […]

Last night I was berated by Akron City Councilman Mike Freeman at the weekly city council meeting. You can see his lecture to me here: https://youtu.be/JV2-4vDxMp0?t=4140 (you have to click on the link because they won’t allow us to embed the video on our site. It will take you directly to his speech.) This dressing […]