“Fresh Squeezed Florida Lemonade Just $1″ read the hand-crafted sign stapled to the tree beside the card table separating me from a budding entrepreneur. The 100 plus degree heat had certainly created a market for this young capitalist working from his front yard.”
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Are you going Greek next semester?
One of the largest fraternities in the world is responsible for generating in the neighborhood of $30 billion in income in Florida alone, yet remains so enigmatic that it never bothered with assigning Greek letters to brand its countless members.
Yesterday’s St. Petersburg Times featured a timely editorial by former Florida Governor and United States Senator, The Honorable Bob Graham (read for yourself: http://tinyurl.com/grahameditorial). The thought provoking piece calls our attention to several issues facing the Sunshine State, particularly the need for a return to a set of core values.
My brother Bradley prepared me for a mid-career in political economy when he taught me how to play chess at age seven. Skillful at reducing even the most complicated matters to the bare essentials, he counseled that “chess is a game of thinking five steps ahead of every step you and your opponent take.” I had no idea how powerful envisioning what could not be readily seen would prove to be.
