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Archive for December 22nd, 2009

Groupon Rocks

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

See this article and get the tour of their facilities. Nice work here.

I love this company; its business model; its people; and I am honored to serve on its Board of Directors. I also love going to Chicago for these board meetings. They are outside of the group think in NYC and the Valley and operate in a very efficient and innovative manner.

Get your Groupon on! Sign up today…

Credit Where Credit is Due

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

This was a very tough stretch of games on the road being short-handed. We have lost a lot of man games to injury. We have traveled a lot of miles.

We still have a strange road trip coming up. Flying back out west to play San Jose and LA over New Year’s break but we do get to spend some time at home to wash clothes; re-bond with family and friends; do holiday shopping and get some healing and rest in; overcome jet lag; and try to win some home games.

We are pretty well positioned. We have the third most points in the NHL. We have the most points ever for a Caps team at this point in season and we are starting to regain our overall health as a team.

Playing 13 of 17 games on the road was punishing but as a great man once said, “What doesn’t kill us makes you stronger.”

I am proud of our team and organization.

Now let us all hope for “no first game back from a long road trip let down” tomorrow night! Go Caps!

Money Can’t Buy Happiness

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

New York City is ranked last in happiness. NYC is all about the Benjamins; all about “Cash is King”; and when the world changed, people became unhappy and angry. Money can’t buy happiness. This is so true.

Read this article in the New York Times. Click on the surveys within.

My book The Business of Happiness ships in February. If you agree with this survey and article, I think you will like reading my book.