Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
Axios HQ, a global management firm, surveyed 540 executives and over a thousand employees earlier this year and estimated that the cost of ineffective business communication annually in the U.S. runs companies more than $2 trillion. The number grows exponentially when you factor in the billions spent each year on business communications training courses with names... Continue Reading →
When my dad was in his early forties, he had a major heart attack that damaged much of his heart. He was lucky to survive the attack and he later needed a quadruple heart bypass. The surgeon took an artery from my father's leg and inserted it in his heart, creating a new path for... Continue Reading →
I'm really confused. If you were able to see me right now, you would see me scratching my head and a look of puzzlement across my face. I look at the numbers and nothing makes sense. I've been looking at my WordPress views and visitor totals for the year and two specific trends make no... Continue Reading →
The pounding outside the house was loud and constant. Workers were digging up the neighborhood updating the fiber optic lines and one worker operating a loud jackhammer (I believe it's called a pneumatic drill in the rest of the world) seemed to be coming from the next room, even though he was far down the... Continue Reading →
When I was a young kid, I was fascinated with record books like The Guinness Book of World Records. My friends and I joked about how we wanted to be famous and own a record. We brainstormed ideas. We came up with a day of doing nothing but jumping jacks or jumping rope. We tried... Continue Reading →
It's that time of year. Students across the country are heading back to school. Of course, it occasionally means another kind of story, a sadder one. It means stories like what happened Tuesday in Ohio, where a student was killed and 23 were injured when their school bus crashed on state Route 41 in German... Continue Reading →
Most of the guys sat in the back of the van. We were on a youth group trip to a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game. On the way to the game, two of the guys talked about ditching the adult chaperones and trying to get served beer. There were a few girls, but most of them... Continue Reading →
When I was a young boy, I was scared of the dark. We lived along a rural lane and I was convinced that ghosts and goblins and other scary things came out to play at night. It didn't help that a large walnut tree right outside my window would creak and saunter back and forth... Continue Reading →
I think I’ve found the meaning of life. It was right in front of me. Let me explain. My wife was shopping last fall in Cape May, New Jersey. If you've never been there, it's a quaint seashore town with Victorian-era mansions and small shops. I was along for the ride and was holding my... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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