A month into the New Year and no change. Are those inspirational resolutions that seemed so promising on Dec 31 still sitting in a word document titled “draft goals?”

“What is the purpose of a business?” the speaker at a business luncheon asked. The presenter – an articulate young guy with a dapper jacket and equally dapper presence— scanned the room and asked the question again. “What is the purpose of a business?”

As is usual at these events, silence filled the room until I raised my hand and steadily and confidently stated, “To achieve its mission.”

“No,” the now less-dapper speaker responded tersely. He continued surveying the room searching for the (his) right answer. I failed to hear the room’s other answers and I don’t know what he said the (his) right answer was because I already know what it is. And I’ll say it again, in case the guy is still searching for the right answer.