Simplify & Purge
Recently I was at a retreat with a group discussing our challenges within our business, personal, and family lives. This group is one of my sounding boards and we get together once a quarter. One item we discussed was simplification. Seems like an easy enough topic. Let me assure you, it’s not. Many of today’s […]
Passion
It’s summer. Most folks in the Philadelphia area head to the beach on weekends. I do as well on occasion. A couple of weeks ago, I happened to walk into the Iron Room, a place that touts one of the largest collections of whiskeys in the East Coast. I was skeptical, after all I was […]
Our Most Precious Commodity
You can’t buy more time no matter how much money you have. Whether you are Warren Buffet or the janitor at his company, you both have the same amount of time in a day—24 hours, 1440 minutes, 86,400 seconds. How you choose to spend it is up to you. I believe companies like Uber are […]
“I Don’t Know”
I have been writing the FFfT blog for about 20 months now, which means I’ve written nearly 100 entries. Since I’ve started, the distribution list has grown significantly, as has the variety of topics. I get asked on a regular basis what I’ll write about next. My answer generally is, “I don’t know.” I have […]
Liberty & Happiness
“Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.” —Marquis de Lafayette This year on July 4th while we celebrate the birth of our nation—whether it be by going to the beach, a picnic with friends and family, watching fireworks display, or all three—let’s also take a moment to be grateful for the freedoms we […]
Perfect vs. Good Enough
Voltaire wasn’t wrong when he said, “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” The pursuit of perfection can stifle progress. Perfection is impossible to achieve. What may be perfect to you may not be perfect to anyone else. Recently we launched our new website. We should have gone live a few days sooner than […]