Leadership Mojo

Bravo for the Gutsy Babes at Angels and Demons

The Cigar Peg is the kinda place you'd expect to see testosterone in action. You just don't always expect to see it from a couple of dainty and determined women. Without them, this economic slump would have slammed the Cigar Peg last Monday night, since the bidding was anemic until my friends stepped up and created a steamy battle for the best items.

I was in Phoenix last week at the  National Speakers Association (NSA) annual conference and attended the Cigar Peg for the first time.

Interpretations

    There's an old saying that goes something like this: No matter what your point of view, you can prove it in the Bible. It's true in the Bible, and it is true in the US Constitution. For instance, my son who is a young lawyer was president of the Second Amendment Society at his law school. Damn the chicken in every pot ideal for American households, he believes a gun for every householder.
    As for me, I have mixed feelings. The statistics indicate that countries such as Germany and France, where guns are outlawed, have extremely low murder rates. On the other hand, there is the remote possibility that our leaders could go bollywonkers and send some super troopers to storm our sacred homesteads, forcing unspeakable horrors upon us.
    As for me, when I read the US Constitution, the words I read include an important paragraph. It says, in its archaic language filled with interesting commas,

Uncharted Territory

            No matter how old you are, no matter how much you've experienced, the river of life inevitably takes you into waters you've never seen or experienced before. And if those waters are especially turbulent, you might have a tendency to snatch at every tree growing along the river as you try to slow down and figure things out. If you can stop and take a little time to figure things out, you're lucky. Often, events happen too fast. So here are three tips for re-establishing equilibrium.