Category: Economic Business
Influential People in Business
“When you examine the lives of the most influential people who have ever walked among us, you discover one thread that winds through them all. They have been aligned first with their spiritual nature and only then with their physical selves.” — Albert Einstein It’s a new year for the people of the Lake of [...]
Beer: It’s What’s for Dinner
Or is it “Beef, it’s what’s for dinner!”? How about “Beef and Beer, it’s what’s for dinner!”? You probably already know what kind of beef and beer to get for dinner, but I’m here to ask: What kind of beer are you drinking? Is it an Anheuser-Busch product, like most Missourians drink? Is it domestic, [...]
What is One Secret to Cutting Costs when Building your Dream Home?
In My Opinion: Cutting Costs Wayne Thomas If I had to sum up the “secret to savings” in one word, folks, it would be “knowledge.” According to one definition of Webster, knowledge is acquaintance with facts, and information, with the understanding thereof. If you were trying to cut costs in household expenses, you would certainly [...]
Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” ~Alvin Toffler It’s hard to believe, but Alvin Toffler’s book Future Shock was written 40 years ago. In it, he stated that society in the 1970s was going through revolutionary changes, and [...]
How Lake of the Ozarks Became Missouri’s NO. 1 Tourist Destination
As with most great things, it all began with a dream. The year was 1912 and the “someone” was Ralph W. Street, a Kansas City attorney. Street dreamed of building a dam and a hydroelectric power plant on the Osage River. Years passed, plans were made, plans were changed, plans were canceled. Money was promised… [...]
Chuck Fischer America’s Artist
Painters paint, writers write, and artist Chuck Fischer does both, transporting readers to new heights—literally—as much as two feet off the printed page. Chuck is America’s premier pop-up book artist, with a new Smithsonian display that showcases talent that has transformed art into a new form never before experienced. talent that has taken him from [...]
