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New Year’s Eve.  I’m sitting in Starbucks reflecting on an interesting year and have decided to turn to some people we could use right now.  Though they are gone, their lessons live on.

Guy Lombardo.

Mr. “Auld Lang Syne” himself.   Gone since 1977, he was always upbeat about the future and helped us usher in each new year with smiles on our faces.  Perhaps it was the Champagne that made us happy, but it sure felt good, especially with Lombardo at the helm keeping us positive.





John Maynard Keynes.

The Boston Globe had an op-ed this morning entitled “Keyne’s Comeback” in an editorial section on overlooked issues of 2008.  Seems that every time we hit an economic bump, we go back to the fundamentals – or in this case Keynesian economics.  The core issue is the level of government intervention in a recession.  Much like oxygen: too little is bad; too much is bad.






Charles F. Kettering.

Yes, the great inventor of General Motors fame.  No person has ever brought such innovation to the automobile industry.  His biography should be required reading for everyone in Detroit (and some Keynes wouldn’t hurt either).






It’s fitting to end this year from a quote from Kettering:

No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm.

True back then.  True today.  True in 2009.

Happy New Year!

=rob.ciampa




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