Leadership is the art of inspiring others to work toward the achievement of a common goal and Servant Leadership is its highest expression. What separates Servant Leaders from the crowd is how, who and why they serve. The leader who recognizes the value of every team member and prioritizes co-workers…

Content is Still King Whatever the platform, content is still king and good content can find an audience. My good friend Fred Jacobs writes about radio, my first love and for some, a dying medium. Fred wrote recently about Alice Cooper returning to Detroit to dedicate “Alice Cooper Court,” a…

Listen to an audio version of this message. Whatever you may be doing now, someone else is out there thinking about how to do it better. Why not be the one to raise the bar? The track and field community at Medford High School thought sixteen-year-old Dick Fosbury was crazy…

I preach positive attitude a lot. The truth is “positive” often has nothing to do with it. Getting what you want is almost always about tenacity. Let’s review the hierarchy. Cause and Effect: Everything happens for a reason. Act and there will be a reaction. Attitude is a cause. …

Stan Lark died on August 4, 2021. It was just a footnote for many. But if you listened to the radio in the 1960s, Stan Lark was likely at the center of your consciousness. Stan was the bass player for Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs. That’s his bottom end on…

When it comes to products, celebrity influencers can move inventory. When it comes to important issues, the best influencer is you. As the Pandemic continues to dominate our lives, everyone famous seems to jump into the fray to promote their points of view. Jennifer Aniston and Dolly Parton are promoting…

It’s 8:30 and she’s yawning, but fights it. Juliette sits between Colleen and me on the couch. We’re watching some new Disney movie I don’t recognize. But she knows it by heart. We’re snuggled under a blanket and she’s quoting the lines in bits and pieces; a word here, a…

When Larry King died this past week at 87, he left us with some valuable life lessons, about listening, fame and learning from our mistakes. “I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.” Most of us come into conversation with an agenda. We often think we know the right path, the appropriate point of view. Life is a…

In light of the inauguration of President Joe Biden, Rock and Roll Revisited celebrates the brief prime of comedian Vaughn Meader. In October of 1962, Meader brought the words of Bob Booker and Earl Doud to life on The First Family LP, satirizing President John F. Kennedy. Vaughn Meader’s dead…