Katherine Hepburn

My favorite Barbara Bush moment

April 24, 2018

When Barbara Bush concluded her commencement address at Wellesley College in 1990, she asked her audience to consider this possibility: “Who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and…

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Jonathan Swift: A book review by Bob Morris

August 29, 2017

Jonathan Swift: The Reluctant Rebel John Stubbs W.W. Norton (February 2017) A “reluctant rebel” who was “large,” who “contained multitudes” There is no shortage of biographical material about Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) so for most people, what Robert DeMaria, Jr. provides…

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Lewis Schiff: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

June 5, 2013

Lewis Schiff is the executive director of Inc. Business Owners Council, a membership organization for Inc. Magazine’s top entrepreneurs and owners of closely-held family businesses and maintains a blog about behavioral entrepreneurship on Inc.com. His new book, Business Brilliant: Surprising…

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Lewis Schiff: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

May 31, 2013

Lewis Schiff is the executive director of Inc. Business Owners Council, a membership organization for Inc. Magazine’s top entrepreneurs and owners of closely-held family businesses and maintains a blog about behavioral entrepreneurship on Inc.com. His new book, Business Brilliant: Surprising…

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Different pwerspectuves on the Power of Elimination

December 26, 2011

Many years ago during an interview, Katherine Hepburn was asked the secret to the success of her career. “Elimination! I have eliminated everyone and everything from my life that interferes with what I want to do and how I want…

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