This week one of my business heroes passed away, Dr. Stanley Pearle. Dr. Pearle was the founder and original owner and lifetime inspiration for the optical retail chain: Pearle Vision. I started to work for Pearle Vision in 1987 when the only optical discount was in August for ”Family Eyecare Month.” We didn’t have computers in [...]

They say life can change in the blink of an eye, but you never really appreciate how true that phrase is until someone blinks. On July 7, 2011, at 4:30pm, life blinked for my 20 year old son, Ben and the ripple effects of that blink reach beyond comprehension. He was hit directly in the [...]

  There is a bookstore called Politics and Prose located in a neighborhood of DC that opened almost 30 years ago. The founder, Carla Cohen, truly understood the value of being connected with her customers. In an article in Inc Magazine a few months ago, the bookstore and more importantly, Carla Cohen, were featured. There [...]

Now here is a dilema for you to chew on. Friends of mine just went out for a fancy dinner. They don’t normally go out, married over 30 years, both busy in their careers, they are lucky if they have time for a quick spin through the local drive through. But last weekend they decided [...]