Welcome to SmartsMatter

“What I lack in smarts, I make up for in work…and given how hard I have to work, I must not be that smart!”–Greg hague

Building A Ferrari

Last weekend Teresa and I were at our vacation home in Sedona. Somehow we got onto the subject of purses and out of curiosity I asked

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Put Her In Hot Water

Sara was a good student at Florida State with a dream of becoming an attorney…until she took the dreaded LSAT to determine her aptitude for law

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A Great Truth

As a boy, his father taught him how to train dogs to “stay on the scent” of a rabbit. In the morning he would set out

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Point Magnifiers

I was lenient on many things as my three sons were growing up, but grades weren’t one of them. A’s were expected, B’s were average, and

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Perfect Friendships

It’s 3 AM when Kate is awakened by a loud knock at her door. She quickly throws on a robe and stumbles downstairs. With dreary eyes she

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A Very Quiet Place

At the age of 12 I had become an incessant chatterbox, often to the irritation of my dad, Chubby. One Sunday afternoon I was in Dad’s

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Those Who Need It Most

In 1952 a young Detroit police officer was tragically shot and killed in the line of duty. William Packer was a prominent member of the community and

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Lady Mondegreen

“O say can you see by the donzerly light. What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming…” When I was in elementary school, we

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One Really Effective Weapon

The word “humor” (humour in Commonwealth English) dates back to the ancient Greeks. The term comes from “humoral medicine,” founded on the idea that “the balance

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How Did I Live Without It?

Jay Papasan is a best selling author who was named one of the Most Powerful People in Real Estate. He co-authored several New York Times bestselling books

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A Marketing Misconception

Have you heard the joke that marketing is like sex? Every company thinks they’re good at it…but few actually are.  That joke is usually followed by a

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