

TAKE THE TIME TO NURTURE YOUR DREAM
The other day I was at a friend’s home. I noticed the cuckoo clock on the wall; and we started to talk about the importance of time and how we spend it. I haven’t gotten that cuckoo clock out of my mind. Once I start thinking about something, I can often go off on rabbit trails to figure out what it all means. Does that make me cuckoo? I’m often amazed that I get such enjoyment out of researching information. I hated school as a kid. Yet, I’m fascinated and get excited abo


VICTORY OVER IDENTITY THEFT
Identity theft is rampant. The internet has opened the world to us. It has also opened the door to the greater risk of having our identity stolen by hackers. Many people have gone through the pain of having their identity stolen and have had to fight, oftentimes through great expense, to get it back. Identity theft has become so problematic there are companies with services designed to protect people from having their identity stolen. Identity theft is very real. Identity t


COMPETITION: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
I’ve always been a competitive person. This personality trait started very early. Growing up in Brooklyn, NY in a house with ten very different personalities lends itself to competing for everything. I had to compete for bathroom time. My nuclear family lived in a tiny four room apartment on the top floor of my grandmother’s house. There was only one very small bathroom. Looking back, I now feel for my father because he was the only male fighting for the bathroom against