In their book Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0 – updated and re-released in December 2020, Jim Collins and Bill Lazier quote history professor Edward T. O’Donnell, who said “History is the study of surprises,” before opining themselves that “If the first two decades of the 21st century have taught us anything, it’s that uncertainty is chronic; instability is permanent; […]
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Is New York State Gambling With Our Lives?
Faced with a $15 billion budget gap, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed the legalization of mobile sports gambling in his 2021/22 budget proposals, an idea budget officials estimate could bring in $500 million in annual tax revenues. “The question is really not whether or not we do mobile sports betting,” Cuomo declared […]
Today – January 19th – is Quitter’s Day!
What’s Quitter’s Day? It’s the day, according to the folks who run the fitness app Strava, that people are most likely to ditch their New Year’s resolutions. To pinpoint January 19th as Quitter’s Day, Strava analyzed data from 98.3 million uploaded running, cycling and other exercise activities. Today is the day exercise drops off, gyms […]
What Can You Remove From Your To-Do List?
I make lists, mostly for short-term daily goals, but also for long term goals. For most of us, lifetime goals are organized into a “bucket list,” while annual goals mapped out on January 1st and updated quarterly are sometimes labeled “resolutions.” My daily to-do list includes key tasks, phone calls, emails, exercise and one or […]
Here’s What You Should Know About Alcohol and the COVID Vaccine
If you’re planning to get vaccinated for COVID-19, it might be a good idea to lay off the booze for a few days before or after each shot. That’s the advice coming from experts worldwide who, like the World Health Organization, have noted that alcohol, especially in large amounts can negatively impact the immune system. […]
What’s “Normal” vs “Problem” Drinking?
After my blog post espousing the virtues of “Dry January,” a few of you asked why you should give up alcohol at all if it isn’t really a problem for you. In other words, why is this even a thing? Others asked what constitutes “problem drinking.” According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, moderate alcohol […]
Dry January 2021 – Can You Stop Drinking Alcohol for a Month?
A fair amount of my friends and colleagues are in recovery and don’t drink alcohol at all. Some of my friends are triathletes and drink only occasionally in order to maximize their training time. Other folks I know probably drink fairly regularly and upped their game around the holidays and certainly during COVID. Several studies […]
#GivingTuesday: What To Ask Charities
It’s counterintuitive to ask folks who have just maxed out their credit cards on Black Friday and Cyber Monday to spend even more, but if Giving Tuesday 2020 is anything like last year’s 24-hour grassroots campaign, Americans will come through: Last year, they donated more than $500 million to local and national charities. Giving Tuesday […]