If you’re old like me, you may remember the television show Get Smart.
The show was a parody of the James Bond films.
Maxwell Smart was the bumbling secret agent who was fighting against KAOS the international organization of evil (the Russians during the cold war).​
He had an array of secret…

For years, the going rate for an online course was $1997.
You’d receive six one-hour pre-recorded lessons released weekly.
Once a week there was a live Q&A call.
Most “gurus” made you submit your questions in advance.
There was no live interaction with the “guru”.
When you charge $1997 for a…

This is the tale of two timeshares.
One that sells itself and the other where they shove it down your throat.
Yes, I’m talking about timeshares again because I enjoy listening to their pitch to see their latest sales tricks.
My wife, Ellen and I often sit in on a sales pitch just for fun to get…

As I was watching the 9/11 ceremony this morning, one name triggered significant memories for me.
Dean Eberling.
In the late 90s I was the IT Director for Putnam Lovell.
One day our CEO Don Putnam came to me and said we had a high-profile team joining us.
It’s common for high-profile people to…

I received an email from LinkedIn today.
The subject line was “Your account is on hold”.
My heart stopped.
My first thought was what did I do wrong?
I stopped using automation years ago.
My assistant, Nicole, posts my daily email as a LinkedIn Article.
She also posts a teaser that links to the…