by Michael Carlon | Oct 12, 2017 | Self Awareness
Sixty years ago today, my mother and father were married at Holy Family Church in New Rochelle, NY. The events of that day would produce four children, nine grandchildren, and four granddogs. From my parents’ example I have learned many truths about marriage;...
by Michael Carlon | Sep 1, 2017 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
As many of you know, I write novels and a few weeks ago I did an email promotion with an author services company to get the word out about my first mystery Uncorking a Murder. While that promotion was running, I received an email from a fellow author who was also...
by Michael Carlon | Aug 31, 2017 | Self Awareness
Yesterday marked the official beginning of my 44th year and I had a fantastic day celebrating it on the golf course with my twin brother Jimmy, my father Don, and my son Patrick. While we were checking in with the starter, I saw some guys with various cameras set up...
by Michael Carlon | Aug 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
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by Michael Carlon | Aug 21, 2017 | Self Awareness
A total solar eclipse will cross the US today for the first time in almost 100 years. While it is the first time in a century that this celestial event can be seen across the US, total solar eclipses happen every two years. That the moon will pass between the earth...
by Michael Carlon | Aug 2, 2017 | Self Awareness
If you are one of those fortunate to have not only found your true calling in your professional life, but also make a living doing it, do you remember the moment when it clicked for you? Is it easy to recall the exact moment when you realized I was meant to do this?...
by Michael Carlon | Jul 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last night, my brother in law and sister in law treated us to an evening game at Yankee Stadium. I hadn’t been to The Bronx for a game since I was in grammar school (we were raised Mets fans) and it was exciting to see a game in the “new” Yankee...
by Michael Carlon | Jul 5, 2017 | Self Awareness
At the moment, I am sitting alone in one of Charleston South Carolina’s nicer hotels. As a guy who travels around the country uncorking stories, this in an of itself is not odd – I’m often alone in hotels. The weird thing is that this week my family...
by Michael Carlon | Jul 1, 2017 | Podcast
Imagine going through basic training for the US Army as you approach the age of 40. It’s more than challenging at 18, but at 40 – come on it takes a special kind of person to raise his or her hand and say, “Bring it on,” but that is just what...
by Michael Carlon | May 22, 2017 | Self Awareness
Twenty years ago I joined a company that was at the epicenter of interactive marketing. It was called Modem Media and I started just before its tenth birthday (I even got a snazzy blue laptop bag for being there when it turned double digits). I was hired as a research...
by Michael Carlon | May 17, 2017 | Self Awareness
“You are just a lever I had to pull.” This was the rationale given to me by my former CEO when my position was terminated this past January. You know who pulls levers? Executioners, and when these words were spoken, images of Old Sparky came to mind. I suppose this...
by Michael Carlon | Mar 14, 2017 | Podcast
John Seigel Boettner is a social studies teacher at Santa Barbara Middle School, but he’s not like one I ever had. It’s a special kind of person who can take middle school kids on a cross country bicycle trip across the United States and an even more special person...
