View From Here: BOO!

View From Here: BOO!: It’s Halloween and a scary day. Not because the kids are made up as ghosts and goblins but because the scary world of real time issues i...

View From Here: National Priorities?

View From Here: National Priorities?: I’ve slogged along with this blog for over 6 years. In all that time the issues remain stunningly the same. The problem I see is that re...

View From Here: Budget vs National Debt

View From Here: Budget vs National Debt: For 8 years republicans stalled budgets during the Obama White House demanding all expenses be paid for in full to avoid increasing the ...

View From Here: Looking for Work

View From Here: Looking for Work: Yeah, yeah, yeah; you’ve heard this line before – ‘I’m looking for a few extra bucks, but don’t want to quit my day job!’ – but it’s tru...

View From Here: What We Can Do

View From Here: What We Can Do: Need help? Asked for it yet? Heard someone ask for help? Did you respond yet? America is richly endowed. Even in its earliest history...

View From Here: Owning You

View From Here: Owning You: Crunch goes the knee; slip goes the hip; pang starts somewhere in the lower gut. Don’t get me started on the shoulder! You don’t want to...

View From Here: Career Fluidity

View From Here: Career Fluidity: Most of you will remember I’ve written a lot about life-long learning and continuous education. I believe there is a huge need for this....

View From Here: Cutting Edges

View From Here: Cutting Edges: When was the last time you felt very uncomfortable in a social setting? Did you feel you were expected to contribute to the scene in som...

View From Here: Salons

View From Here: Salons: No, not hair salons, or even nail salons. I’m speaking of idea salons , the kind found in cities of great national power like Paris, Was...

View From Here: Turning Against Washington DC

View From Here: Turning Against Washington DC: No, I’m not turning against DC; are you? I respect the institutions of government and realize the complexity of their operations and the...

View From Here: Bits and Pieces

View From Here: Bits and Pieces: This is one of those posts I periodically use to address several topics in short blurbs. Sort of a catching up thing with me! Social Se...

View From Here: Anti vs For

View From Here: Anti vs For: Being against something is one thing; being against everything is totally another thing. And it most likely is not healthy. For years...

View From Here: Assets Abound

View From Here: Assets Abound: In a meeting the other night we faced a long agenda. In 15 minutes, however, most of the agenda was completed. This left time for a disc...

View From Here: Focus on what’s important

View From Here: Focus on what’s important: War or peace? Choose which you want and can sustain. Diplomacy or threats of retaliation? Which scenario aids discussion, understanding ...

View From Here: Finding Lost Time

View From Here: Finding Lost Time: Often we are not available when something needs to be done, attended to or listened to. We may be on another call, driving to an appoint...

View From Here: Hope Community Foundation

View From Here: Hope Community Foundation: Today's title is a phrase that weighed on my mind. Mulled for over an hour or two in the middle of the night – say 2 am! Over and ov...

View From Here: Hard versus Soft Skills

View From Here: Hard versus Soft Skills: This phrase was shared with me the other day by a colleague. He pointed out that soft skills – those that allow us human beings to relat...

View From Here: Connections – Again

View From Here: Connections – Again: I witnessed something the other evening that was remarkable. I facilitated a roundtable discussion for SCORE. Entrepreneurs of varying a...

View From Here: Equal Access to Government

View From Here: Equal Access to Government: Harvey stormed ashore off the Gulf of Mexico smack into Texas; then it backed up and hit it again; it backed up another time, took aim t...

View From Here: Equal Access to Government

View From Here: Equal Access to Government: Harvey stormed ashore off the Gulf of Mexico smack into Texas; then it backed up and hit it again; it backed up another time, took aim t...

View From Here: Do It Yourself

View From Here: Do It Yourself: Years ago Marshall Field’s Department Store advised the shopper, “The package you take with you gets home quicker.” That was a friendly ...

View From Here: Sixth Anniversary

View From Here: Sixth Anniversary: Not an exciting title today, but a chronological fact. Six years ago, today I began this blog, View from Here , ‘a personal journal and ...

View From Here: Connections

View From Here: Connections: This title keeps popping up. I’ll tell you why. I work with SCORE clients. SCORE is the ‘service corps of retired executives’ and it ...