Category: Happiness

Scammers be gone

November 27, 2006 | No comments yet

“I can’t believe I got scammed,” said John Niggeling, after being bilked of $108,000 in a Ponzi scheme. “Hello Sucker: Think scams happen only to other people?” documents Niggeling’s error in judgment as a feature article in Money magazine this

Small can be big

November 21, 2006 | 3 comments

Ever worried about too much house debt? Too much stuff in storage? Wanted a simpler life? I came across the cutest houses built by the Tumbleweed Tiny House Co, in Sebastopol, CA. They are sturdy structures with attractive styling, a

Precious family

November 17, 2006 | 1 comment

Yesterday I flew across North America for a meeting in Boston. While waiting in the airport I watched a young couple care for their newborn girl. Dad was trying to be as helpful as possible, cuddling the baby and relieving

Enlightened hospitality

November 14, 2006 | No comments yet

For all you business owners…and workers in the service industries… I haven’t read the book “Setting the Table,” by Danny Meyer, a successful restaurateur in New York City, but I like his ideas on hospitality. From: All Things Considered, October

Your "wonder" list?

November 6, 2006 | No comments yet

A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the “Seven Wonders of the World.” Though there were some disagreements, the things that received the most votes were Egypt’s Great pyramids, the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon,