Genesys Partners Venture Dinner

Genesys CEO Jim Kollegger asked me to discuss my point of view called It’s All About Attitude and describe each of my four books. I said sure, how much time will I have. He said five minutes. Ten minutes would be more realistic, I said. The final YouTube video is Six minutes and 51 seconds. […]

Conducting Beethoven

Three and a half years after conducting Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 in 2003, I was again fortunate — for a second time in a lifetime — this time to conduct Beethoven’s Prometheus Overture. The late Maestro Sidney Rothstein, my friend and mentor, suggested a more complex piece this time and Creatures of the Prometheus filled the […]

Ridgefield Library: It’s All About Attitude with John Patrick

The Ridgefield Library is pleased to have author John Patrick back for his fourth visit. The lively talk, called It’s All About Attitude, will be at 7PM on Thursday, April 5. John believes many opportunities and problems have their roots in attitude. He also believes the solutions and ways forward are based on attitude. In his revealing talk, […]

Doo-Wop: Why They Keep Going

Most of my posts in the music category are about classical music, but there are a few about Doo-Wop. Last night at the Flagler Auditorium in Bunnell, Florida was was a different kind of “classical” music. The Pop, Rock & Doo-Wop Live! Concert featured Shirley Alston Reeves, original lead singer of The Shirelles, Dennis Tufano, […]

Home Attitude with Skip Prichard

Skip Prichard is President and CEO of OCLC, a global nonprofit computer library service and research organization. He is also the author of newly published The Book of Mistakes: 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future. Skip was giving a speech in Edinburgh, Scotland recently and, as shown above, he made some remarks about my new book, Home […]