Recently a colleague over at StartUp Nation asked how one goes about getting a national holiday instated, such as National Grandparent’s Day, or National Secretary’s Day, etc. (I once started a whole day’s worth of chatter because I said it should be administrative assistant, rather than secretary).
I do not have a clue as to who in Washington has authority over deciding which days pass and which don’t…I wonder, though if the Department of Homeland Security might be a place to start?
I do know this: there definitely should be a National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day. Wouldn’t …read more

I truely believe that the more creative, visionary or intelligent a person is, the less likely he or she is to be firmly grounded to the planet earth. (Same goes for Aquarians).
These types of folks can recite “The Illiad”, understand Quantum physics, are great inventors…but for some reason, a salad spinner confuses them.
A StartUp Nation acquaintance of mine, whom I believe to possess qualities of brilliance and enlightenment — oddly the same qualities found in stand-up comedians — recently shared this story to our community of small business owners:

Where I work there is a department called Education Abroad, which …read more