Life
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Mortgage Bailout – Who is getting bailed out?
I have met with some pretty smart people in the last few days. Today I met with a partner at a private equity firm and a week ago I was with a fairly senior World Bank employee. The bail out was top of mind. For my private equity discussion, I was asked what I thought [...]
Being Present
I have been thinking a lot lately about balance. Whether it is karma, the economy or the weather, it seems that everywhere you turn the theme is starting to pop up. Staying current is in some ways easier than ever.
Balance has so many meanings and they come together for me in… equilibrium, peace, grace, and things [...]
Ford Mustang 2010 Competition
Scott Monty, my former crayon colleague, is now head of Social Media at Ford. They have a gem of a site about the Ford Mustang. One of my favorite videos was Father’s Day. Gotta admit, I shed a tear . Great piece.
Loved the approach for introducing the 2010 Mustang. Besides the leaks of images [...]
Yes We Can – Another Long Walk to Freedom
November 4, 2008 was an amazing night for America. An African American man wins the general election running as an American who happens to be African American. Many thought that people’s vote may have been swayed by race. In the end it wasn’t even close and America showed that it has come a long way. And [...]
Obama – A must see photo gallery
After losing her job at the The Pittsburgh Press, a staffer for Tipper Gore invited Callie Shell to photograph (unpaid) the last days of the Clinton/Gore campaign. That translated into being Vice President Gore’s White House Photographer for eight years.
Now a Time Magazine photographer, Callie has spent two and a half years covering Obama. She [...]
I’ve been buying American stocks
So says Warren Buffett who, according to CNBC, has for almost six years been close to 100% out of equities (except for his Berkshire Hathaway investments. In his Op Ed piece in the NY Times today, which is a must read, Buffett says:
Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are [...]
Imploding banks – who is left with the rubble?
Former Lehman Brothers Building on 50th and 7th Ave
I understand how some of those caught up in the implosion must feel having been through the meltdown of Bankers Trust. I remember how hard it was because the bank was such a big part of my life and I internalized it as my “business”, yet the [...]
Disability and Ability
Was flipping channels this evening and caught the last third of Extreme Makover Home Edition where a remarkable young man (and his family) was highlighted. Patrick Henry Hughes is confined to a wheelchair and he is also blind. He does not see himself as disabled and when you see him play the piano and sing, [...]
The power of community and partnership
People on a check-in line and passengers on a plane are part of short lived communities. Shared experiences, common goals and a whole host of other things regardless of whether they are good or bad. One of our Social Media brethren has been off on a “Delta Skelter”. Based on my recent experience where Delta [...]
