by Steven J. Manning | September 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Prologue… The more things change, the more they stay the same. Or as my intellectual snob father would insist that be quoted in the original French: “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose”. (1849 Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr) With the world spinning...
by Steven J. Manning | September 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
I fancy myself an astute observer of people and life. Some people collect stamps, memorabilia, music, dolls, zippo lighters, bottle caps, happy meals toys, rocks. And too many people just collect bad habits. I collect people and stories. Then express my observations,...
by Steven J. Manning | July 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
There was a time when so-called French intellectuals were valued. Specifically, people who LEARNED and KNEW a bit about a lot of things. Not much depth in anything. Very interesting dinner guests. And amazing pseudo-intellectuals. What we have created in the US, as...
by Steven J. Manning | June 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
About Happiness in Business… Fortune 100 vs. Bill’s Burgers… This is about Bill’s Burgers. And some about too many Fortune notables’ leaders… Bill’s makes everybody’s list of “The Best Burgers in the United States.” Often on the top...
by Steven J. Manning | May 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
You gotta love Starbucks…. “There is a fine line between love and hate.” — Cecelia Ahern, c. 2002-2005. I used to really dislike Starbucks. Upon recent reflection … Salvador Dali, unmistakable mustache on full display, walks into a Starbucks. Eureka moment...
by Steven J. Manning | April 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
From awareness to intelligence to zombiehood… I am tackling a truly challenging topic. Emotional intelligence. Now … Assuming I have even a pedestrian understanding of what that is… Assuming that I do have some ordinary, lay, understanding of what emotional...
by Steven J. Manning | April 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Be uber at sales. Absolute “do’s” and “don’ts.” All of that is built on a bedrock concept. NOTHING HAPPENS UNTIL YOU SELL SOMETHING. That is my take on something Henry Ford said a lot of decades ago. Allow me a couple minutes...
by Steven J. Manning | February 10, 2025 | Finger On the Pulse
This continues to be an embarrassment of riches. If you are plugged into the news, as we at the INFLUENCER are some twenty-four hours a day, you may have some trepidation in taking a deep breath. Certainly, while you do that, the world will have changed! And not in...
by Steven J. Manning | February 3, 2025 | Finger On the Pulse
This topic is a big challenge. Only because is it truly an embarrassment of riches. The world around us is moving at a rate of change that is simply vertiginous. The rate of advancements in innovation with technology as its offspring, is as exhilarating as it is...
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