Brad Rateike: Want to be good at small talk? Find your icebreaker.
Asking where someone went to high school in Indiana begins a path to finding common ground and hopefully building trust.
Asking where someone went to high school in Indiana begins a path to finding common ground and hopefully building trust.
We are privileged to be happy on Election Day, and we are privileged to be disappointed on Election Day.
Doing right by your current friends, making new friends and offering to help them is always the path to follow—in bull and bear markets.
While ‘jacks of all trades’ have their place, an ‘ace’ will always beat a jack.
I learn from these young people as well.
This month, Indianapolis is not going to host average swimmers. We are going to host the elite, the best in the country.
The Republican showed no contempt toward the Democrat. And vice versa.
In your early days of service, no one expects much out of you.
Many of us depend on wireless connectivity and should make no apologies for it.
I do not want to ever be accused of being the guy who did not tip (I learned that lesson).
Admittedly, I am a work in progress, analyzing myself during the ‘post-game,’ but hopefully remaining sincere throughout.
It is not even a ‘friendship’ thing; it is a character thing.
My wife and I take this responsibility seriously, me with the cooking and her with the spending.
I am often amazed when I hear people talking about being ‘lonely’ when they appear to be surrounded by crowds.
Whether or not you like Jimmy Buffett’s music, he will be missed by many of us, for many reasons, not all of which can be translated into words.
I had left no note explaining the source of the flowers or the backstory.
My goal has been to consistently get back to people in a timely manner and to be present and engaged during meetings.
Being able to move past or ignore those moments of doubt defines the real gamblers.
Sometimes we have opportunities where we just need to help people find the way out, regardless of whether it is “our job” or not.
It does not appear the national economy has come to a halt due to people hitting the slopes, the beach, the campground or Broadway.