Brian Baxter, a friend and mattress-industry veteran, told me about a coaching tip he used to give the team at Sleep Train and Mattress Firm. When a consumer is...

The Beatles hummed from a Bose speaker on the counter. A shelf held hand-painted signs that said Rise and shine, It’s Coffee Time and Coffee and Friends Make...

Crawling along I-70 East toward Denver, the rented Ford Fusion clung to patches of pavement peppered beneath the ice. Winter Storm Decima dumped nearly a foot of...

Ryan Estis asked attendees at the Furniture Today Leadership Conference to stand up and throw back their shoulders. Hundreds rose to their feet as heroic music...

Travel has the unique ability to change your worldview. My journeys often inspire new thinking and a fresh take on the world. For some reason, that didn’t...

Al Kooper wasn’t good enough to play guitar on Bob Dylan’s “Rolling Stone.” Al Kooper was not given permission to leave the control booth and...

I’ll spare you the painful details. A nasty bout of flu put me in bed for 40-hours. There was one five-minute visit to the bathroom. Outside of shuffling to...

A giant drone-coptor, capable of carrying a human, was by far the coolest invention I saw at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas,...

There’s a noticeable difference between a good barber and a great barber. A great barber delivers a consistent cut, thrives at small talk, knows your kids'...