Chocolate Articles

   As I write this, we just began the Federal budget sequestration.  The stock market has been soaring.  But unemployment is around 8%.  Do I know what all of it means?  Heck no.  Do I know what the future holds?  Ha!  Let’s face it – none of us do.  Life is like a box of […]

Milton Hershey and Forrest Mars were different types of leaders who both built successful companies. We can learn much from them: 1.) There’s no one way to lead. Milton was a dreamer; he wanted to build a worker’s utopia. His people loved him. He ran his business with his heart. Mars was a tyrant with […]

I love fall – the colors of the leaves, the crispness in the air, the fall flavors of pumpkin and spice, and, of course, Halloween. As a kid, it was like dying and going to heaven. You wound up with more candy than you could believe and types you hadn’t even tried. It was, hands […]

Now I see no reason why chocolate can’t fall into the category of a religion. I use chocolate as a way to “give meaning to the practitioner’s experiences of life.” And there have indeed been times when I felt that chocolate was a higher power. In order to spread my chocolate religion, I need to […]

Let’s face it – life can be hard. No matter who you are, no matter what your circumstances – bad things can happen to you. Your heart can get broken, a business deal can fall through, or your investments can go up in smoke. (Not that THAT has happened to any of us recently.) You […]