Every day is Pearl Harbor Day

By rickColosimo / August 9, 2013 / Comments Off on Every day is Pearl Harbor Day

On Pearl Harbor Day last December, I came across someone who suggested that America needed something to wake us up and get us back on our feet. The reference was to Pearl Harbor Day and how it brought the country together 70 years ago. Me: Didn’t we get that about 10 years ago? Of course,…

What is optimism?

By rickColosimo / May 20, 2013 / Comments Off on What is optimism?

Someone asked me recently about being a dad, and here was my response. I think my main goal is to help them really internalize the trick of finding the upside instead of the downside, with a healthy dose of old-fashioned American “if it’s broke, fix it.” I don’t think being an optimist means you just…

General under investigation in Afghanistan

By rickColosimo / April 30, 2013 / Comments Off on General under investigation in Afghanistan

I know Bill Caldwell. Worked for him. He convinced me, unintentionally I’m sure, to leave the Army. I know nothing about what he did, didn’t, should, or shouldn’t have done with all this stuff in the paper. But my personal opinion, FWIW, is that he’s not above suspicion and should not get the benefit of…

Don’t bother us with questions: just buy

By rickColosimo / February 28, 2013 / Comments Off on Don’t bother us with questions: just buy

Everything you do as a business speaks to your customers. I got an email from Quicken the other day saying that they were shutting off certain services, including downloading info from banks. (How and why that should affect my desktop software, which I thought connected directly, is another version of the message in this post…