Long story short, it isn’t. Currently the cost of manufacturing a penny is 1.82 cents. From an economic stand point, this is a waste. Now from a convenience stand point…this is also a waste.  Very few machines take pennies, vending machines, washing machines, parking machines, pay phones, parking meters. Why? Because for these companies pennies simply…

When I started the initial challenge of writing for 30 consecutive days, I had no intention to continue on for 365 days. However, after seeing the value from completing 30 days of daily writing, I had a hunch that the benefits from crossing the 365-day finish line would be incredible. Now, I can confirm that…

The fact that you and I each have so many opportunities to be free agents, and make numerous individual decisions with life-changing outcomes, is a big deal. As outlined in the book “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” by Steven Covey, a book that is an absolute cornerstone for personal development that I can not…

In the book “Freakonomics” by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt, economics is summarized as consumers’ decisions driven by incentives – basically, economics is understanding why peoples do or do not do certain things.  With this perspective they share intriguing insights on how incentives play a role in: Why do drug dealers still live with…

In any given conversation, it’s a fun undertaking to try and identify where this person has a deeper mastery in a subject and could teach you something.   After all, learning new things is something we’re constantly doing, and it’s worthwhile to use the conversations around you to discover new things.  Now, because I would venture…