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What women think about ‘Letters from Ceilia’

I’m told by women who have read it that Letters From Ceilia is the best book they ever read about a young woman’s business life and choices. Being both a man and the author, I take that as high praise. I claim that the best thing about reading fiction is that it allows you to live another persons life for a few hundred pages. On that basis, go ahead and live Ceilia’s life.

The Dark Side of the Moon: vol. 1

In the last ten years the American political scene has changed so much that the events of the early 2000s can seem like ancient history. Who can still remember that far back? Let Jim Freeman be your expert witness. Writing from his home in Prague, the author's views...

We’re Not So Much Afraid of Failing, As We Are of Being Embarrassed

What makes us look out over an audience of two or three thousand people and feel sweat trickling down our side? We know the presentation cold. The cue cards are before us so we can be extemporaneous, as a good presentation should always be. But what if we stumble?...

Ernest Hemingway as a Writing Guru

Ernest Hemingway is one of the most celebrated and influential American writers of the 20th century and he left an indelible mark on literature with his distinctive writing style and adventurous life. His experiences as a journalist, ambulance driver during World War...

The Latest Fad—Data Driven Business Decisions

It’s unfair to call out a trend as a ‘fad,’ so let’s define it. ‘An intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived and without basis in the object's qualities.’ Okay, that’ll do until proven otherwise. And understand, at the...