by Steven J. Manning | December 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
I have led an experience-rich life. Millions of life miles. And the same in those amazing, pressurized sardine cans. I fancy myself an astute observer of people and life. As the smart folks I work with in my public life wrote: Some people collect stamps, memorabilia,...
by Steven J. Manning | December 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Jim Tunney. Marking the passing of an amazing man. Green-lighted some of my future as a very young man, when most others would have turned away. Tears For The Righteous By Steven J. Manning From ashes, dust to dust, or, or equivalents of that in perhaps yours, The...
by Steven J. Manning | October 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Bemelmans Bar Sweet, pungent, intoxicating, elegant blend of cigar smoke, expensive perfumes, exclusive men’s colognes. How that 53-year-old bar should smell. And the unforgettable crooning and sophisticated banter of the one and only, tuxedoed Bobby Short. A...
by Steven J. Manning | September 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
World-renowned street artist, Bansky — his real name and identity are one of the best kept secrets in the world — is said to have written: “They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the...
by Steven J. Manning | September 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
I wrote this “love-note” to the CEO of a major department store chain. You, my readers, know who they are. Perhaps even shop there. I pursued his senior staff to do business with my agency. That, notwithstanding admonishment from an occasional friend, a long-time and...
by Steven J. Manning | August 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
“OWN THE ROOM” AND ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS. Some of us believe, at least we think that we can exhibit solid impromptu alacrity all the time. That we are exceptionally quick thinkers, particularly when leveraging our competencies. We are proverbially quick on...
by Steven J. Manning | May 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
SUSTAINABILITY An intellectual compost as old as fossil fuels. By Steven J. Manning May 17, 2024 So many experts, real and self-anointed, and hapless talking heads, writing and spewing copious word-salads about sustainability. Occasionally stuff beyond ordinary and...
by Steven J. Manning | March 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
This from Selwyn Gerber, Chairman & Chief Strategist at RVW WEALTH. CURRENT STATUS: Silicon Valley Bank’s failure on Friday afternoon left the business and financial industries scrambling in uncertainty. Many companies who had tens or hundreds of millions of...
by Steven J. Manning | January 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Don’t look a gift-horse in the mouth. How has that phenomenally dumb concept endured since John Heywood uttered those thoughtless words in 1546! Well, don’t look a gift-horse in the mouth unless you want a very large, feed-guzzling-aged- pet. And likely good sized...
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