The story of a toy, two teen geniuses, and a multi-trillion-dollar empire — It may seem ridiculous, but if it weren’t for Cap’n Crunch cereal adding a toy whistle as a prize for kids, the two trillion dollar tech company known as Apple probably wouldn’t exist. Cereal, toys, and sugar The sugar-laden cereals of my youth used to contain all kinds of wonderful plastic treasures. …

Lessons learned from the World Marathon Challenge — Take a minute and think of all of the activities you have lined up for the upcoming week. Wake up early, take the kids to school, go to work, come home, make dinner for the family, work out, and so on and so on. You’re going to be pretty busy…

Will fear ensure the spread of the disease? — My five-year-old self stepped on a rusty old nail as I was running around outside shoeless. Mom always insisted that I wear shoes outside. There was a good reason for that; this hurt like hell. “Mom!”, I yelled from the yard, “I just stepped on an old nail!” “Come here…

This simple technique could change your life — As a side gig, I used to do consulting and public speaking. Topics covered everything from leadership and motivation to infectious diseases. More often than not, someone would approach me privately after a talk to ask a few questions. That’s part of the job, and I was glad to oblige. …

Don’t be a victim — Most of the people you run into during an average day are good, decent folks that want to go about their business without any problems. They mind their own business and leave you alone. Unfortunately, it’s likely that from time to time (hopefully rarely), you’ll run into someone who wants…

Here is how it could happen — From countless hours of bleary-eyed watching of election coverage from the last couple of days, a thought crossed my mind. What if neither candidate obtain the required 270 Electoral College votes necessary to win the election? Or what if they end up in a tie? Anything is possible in 2020…