While experiencing happiness, we have difficulty in being conscious of it. Only when the happiness is past and we look back on it do we suddenly realize – sometimes with astonishment – how happy we had been. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis Our family traveled to Crete last year for a vacation. We visited …
There is an idea that the value of a brand is measured in the extent to which the consumer associates a relationship with the product or service. There are some distinctly Northern European brands that I feel like I have a relationship with, including Royal Copenhagen, Skovby, Georg Jensen, and Bang & Olufsen (B&O). Notably …
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” Mark Twain April 12, 2020. It is Easter Sunday, the fourth day of Passover, and the beginning of the fifth week of the coronavirus-caused shutdown in Pennsylvania. We began the day with a brief note to my Uncle Knud in Denmark, with whom we spent last …