In the US, it’s always seemed like the answer was “extrovert.”  Being social is lauded and most people seem skeptical of all that skulking about that introverts do. There’s no doubt research has shown a number of advantages to being a people person…. What about more social areas of expertise, like leadership? It definitely gets more complex. Extroverts are better leaders of passive employees, introverts shine with proactive workers: …although extroverted leadership enhances group performance when employees are passive, this effect reverses when employees are proactive, because extroverted leaders are less receptive to proactivity. SOURCE:  Introverts or Extroverts: Here’s Which One Has It … Continue reading Introverts or Extroverts…

Springfield,IL – Capital Capital domes are an integral part of America. They are found in almost every State and I have pictures of many of them. Someday I will have to put out a slide show of them. Continue reading Capital Domes…

Independence, MO – Truman Library Harry Truman was a people’s people president. He didn’t come from aristocratic lineage as so many of his predecessors did.  Some say he as not a very effective president and didn’t really think of himself … Continue reading Give Them Hell Harry….

I am no way a sports fan but it is hard to ignore the size of the baseball bat in downtown Louisville KY.  We spent a pleasant weekend in that city in the Spring of 2010. Continue reading Louisville Slugger

Ft Myers, FL – Edison Thomas Edison was without doubt the most proliferate inventor of the 20th century. He spent most of his time in his labs at Menlo Park NJ. But to escape the winter months up north he … Continue reading Thomas Edison – Snow Bird…

“Now someone else has to choose between working and spending time with their family,” Fisher said. Kmart has said that it asks for volunteers to work on the holiday, but other workers, like Kekoa Wailehua from Hawaii, said that they have been explicitly told they cannot request off on Thanksgiving or Black Friday. The petition has almost 10,000 supporters. SOURCE:  Why the poor can’t catch a break on Thanksgiving – The Week. Shame on us vapid consumers for allowing this to happen. Why do we insist on others having to be away from their families on perhaps the most family oriented … Continue reading Shame On Us…….

A Snippet here…. A Snippet There….. Continue reading The Absurdity Of The Beltway Rhetoric….