UNCONVENTIONAL THINKING BLOG

When I was a young man, I met ice cream impresario Tom Carvel: widely credited as the entrepreneur who created big league franchising.
What struck me most about our conversation was that Tom’s first store was an accident: when his truck broke down on a road in Westchester, NY, and he lacked the funds to repair [...]

There are rumors swirling around Wall Street that Steve Jobs is dying. The Street cares because Jobs is the driven genius behind his miracle of an American wonderama company.
Without Steve, Apple would slide into mediocrity. A GM of technology. And with that ugly demise, its shares would free fall. So the Street cares that the [...]

We tell ourselves such wonderfully crafted, artfully presented, seemingly bulletproof lies.
But they are lies nevertheless. And then we swear to them. Such as the belief that we need a certain thing. A sale to a major client. A love interest. A first-place finish in a given contest.
We don’t need any of these things. Want them? [...]