Hit the Books

I have a confession. I have never been much of a reader. Maybe because I read for a living,  I don't read outside of work. There have been a few friends that have done an admirable job serving as my intellectual conscience — I read everything they … [Read more...]

Global Thinking

Maybe it is our isolated geographic location or our mind set, it is my sense that a large majority of Americans do not travel extensively, overseas. I envy the Europeans who can be in four different countries in a matter of a few hours. Global … [Read more...]

From the Archives — June 2015

The following post is from the blog archives from a year ago (originally published on June 4, 2015 http://www.5oclockreflections.com/plan-with-purpose/). I love the Peter Drucker notion, that "Long-range planning does not deal with future … [Read more...]

Key Lesson

I learned an important lesson today. Ignorance is the perfect blend between arrogance and stupidity. It's just that simple. … [Read more...]