Happy New Year!  Bringing in a new year always makes us ponder a little about our lives. We ruminate on what the last year was like, and what we hope the next year will bring. The fact that we are bringing in the year 2020 is even more exciting because our thoughts not only look to the next year, but to the next decade.  

If you get sick, what do you do? You go to the doctor. If you need someone to build you a handmade table for your home, what do you do? You go to a carpenter. If you want a five-star Italian meal, what do you do? You go to the finest Italian restaurant in your area.  

If you have been around long enough, then you may remember the McDonald’s slogan “You deserve a break today.” For decades, that phrase was synonymous with the iconic image of a McDonald’s Big Mac, Egg McMuffin, or the famous ‘golden arches.’  Yet, about 13 years ago, McDonald’s made a major change to its now ubiquitous slogan: “I’m Lovin’ It.”  

We have all been interviewed for a job at one time or another in our lives.  What do we tend to focus on in those interviews? We focus on all the things we have done, and all of our past accomplishments.  Indeed, your resume is nothing but a list of the credentials of your past.  

We all know that a picture is worth a thousand words.  There is really no denying that we are a visual culture.  That explains why reading a Shakespeare play cannot compare to seeing one performed on stage, why we have all seen the movie version of something before ever reading the book that it is based on, and why videos on social media get the most clicks.