One of the more useful lessons, I learned early on, is to seek out and emulate role models. When the Virtuoso owners who took this naïve young man under their wing to share the “business” of the travel industry, and when recruited into industry roles, I modeled those I considered to be good managers with a high level of trust and integrity.

Ray Dalio is someone worth emulating. A self-made billionaire, his life and work are governed by hundreds of “Principles” documented in the New York Times bestseller by the same name. Here are three that stood out to help find your own role…

The Rolling Stones recently had to cancel their concert schedule to allow their lead singer, Mick Jagger, to recuperate from a brief health-related set back. They will be back on stage doing what they do best before you know it.

As most of you know, the Rolling Stones are a rock group…a really, really old rock group. They are still doing their thing after fifty plus years of rocking & rolling. Absolutely incredible!

They still have “the juice.”…