Recently, John Mackey – CEO of Whole Foods – wrote an op-ed expressing opposition to the President and Congress’s health care plan(s) and offering some alternatives instead (it’s well worth the read – regardless of where you stand).  Shortly thereafter, the UFCW decided to pick a fight with Mackey and Whole Foods.  They are handing [...]

Identifying the Potential for Great Friendships
After my first post, a friend commented to me: “I’d be very interested to hear your process of developing those friendships, from how you identify the potential for a great friendship to how you build it”.  For this post, I’ll focus on the second thing she mentioned – identifying the [...]

What do you think are the ideal qualities in close friendships? What do you think makes a friendship timeless? What makes it transcendent of shared or not-so-shared interests? What qualities have you found both in yourself and in your friends that you think have contributed to the “hitting it off” factor?