by Diane Pleuss | Nov 16, 2020 | Quick Reads
At the start of the COVID pandemic, FM Global ran an eye-catching ad in the Wall Street Journal. The tagline read Resilience is a Choice. At the time of its publication, I wasn’t sure how I felt about that line. The pandemic taught us that resilience is a...
by Diane Pleuss | Nov 9, 2020 | Quick Reads
When the term investing is mentioned, people often think about real estate, the stock market, mutual funds, but how many times to do we think about investing in ourselves? Isn’t a franchise the ultimate investment because it combines our smarts and hard work with a...
by Diane Pleuss | Nov 3, 2020 | Quick Reads
It was January 2009 and Cathy had been laid off from her corporate accounting job. She was using it as an opportunity to get into her own business. She knew there was something bigger and better out there! Likewise, Jack, her fiancée, wanted to have his own business...
by Diane Pleuss | Oct 31, 2020 | Quick Reads
Have you ever talked to a friend or colleague about how they made it up the corporate ladder only to find that they did it without deep intention? They did an internship during college, then were offered a position they took to pay off their student loans. They stayed...
by Diane Pleuss | Oct 28, 2020 | Quick Reads
I don’t think anyone feels like they know what the landscape will look like in a few months. You can guess, you can hope, but we don’t know. Most of us are holding on while doing our best to balance our fears with our aspirations. If you’ve been on the fence,...
