Legendary investor Warren Buffett defines investing as “… the process of laying out money now to receive more money in the future.” Investing is:  The act of committing money or capital to an endeavor with the expectation of obtaining an additional income or profit. What a fantastic concept (no surprise, success leaves clues).     [...]

Here we are just a minute into 2018 and all the talk is still about goals and objectives. The internet is loaded with articles and stories about goal setting and offers abound for the “perfect” planning journal. It’s a time of year I have come to cherish as the review and preview process creates a [...]

To quote the famous song from the Sound of Music “When the dog bites, when the bee stings When I'm feeling sad I simply remember my favorite things And then I don't feel so bad” So. as we close out 2017, thought I would share a few of my favorite things…. Audible Waze JetBlue Mint [...]

2017 has been a tremendous year of change and growth for both myself and On the Ball. It's been almost 5 years now since my friend and client, Gerry Litrento, Senior VP at BankUnited, asked me to have breakfast with him so that he could see if I would be interested in working with [...]

When my son Marc was born 31 years ago, the world I was accustomed to changed dramatically. What seemed like out of nowhere, I was faced with the responsibility of shaping and molding this little human being; a real life-eating and shitting machine. Years later, I got to share my offerings with son #2, Jake, [...]

So now that everyone is coming off their turkey coma, have had their fill of family time, and maybe bought more junk that they didn’t need, I thought I would bring up a topic that has always irked me. Why do most of us wait until this time of year to focus on gratitude and [...]

It's the season of GRATITUDE. A time when we take a collective deep breath and reflect on all things we have to be grateful for. While some of this is fairly pretentious and forced, if you can really develop a daily “attitude of gratitude”, not only just around the holidays, your life will be fuller [...]

All of us have heard the term “happy hour”. To most, it has become a cherished time that signals the end of the workday. Much like when Fred Flintstone heard the whistle and immediately yelled “Yabba Dabba Dooo” and sped off in the Flint Mobile. For most, it's quitting time. One beer company even put [...]

Each week I use this space to educate, motivate, and influence behavior in the hopes that by taking a series of small steps, everyone can gain momentum in their personal journey to success. Much like Jerry Seinfeld called out simple idiosyncrasies in life, I too, as a student of the game of life, pay attention [...]

Let’s face it, does any company promote they are going to give you bad service? Of course not. To the contrary, every business uses service as a point of differentiation or a flat-out excuse to charge more money. I find it comical that, while everyone is promising this so-called “white glove” or “concierge-style” service, we [...]