They were isolated. It was every man for himself. It wasn't a good situation and it did not help the community as a whole, so the Chamber of Commerce developed a council of governments.

People don't want to be managed, they want to be led.

It was so awesome. It benefited everybody.

I'm prompted by the recent interest by county and town (officials) to introduce leadership to their staffs and to the town at large. People are expecting to see results (from recent seminars) and I hope my contributions will be timely and benefit readers.

There's still potential for the markets to gradually move upwards over the year, and M&A can help. There is quite a lot of institutional demand. Equities are still not particularly expensive.

I’d never seen a man cry before, only on TV. I’d never even seen Dad close to crying. Those tears looked so odd on you. It was like the strength of you just seemed to sap away. The surprise of it stopped me from being so scared.