Measure your progress to achieve your goals.(Photo: Ginger Wall, USA TODAY)Story HighlightsYou can shout from the rooftops or keep quiet about your goalsJust make sure to measure your progressAnd be prepared to adjust your methods if necessaryQ: I will be graduating from college this year and my roommate and I are planning to start a business. We have several ideas. My question is about setting goals. I have always fallen short when it comes to setting goals. When I set a goal I want to shout it from the rooftop and let everyone know. But, I recall you saying that goals should be kept quiet until they are reached. I want to do well in business and I don't want to be sidelined by not reaching goals both large and small. Should I keep my objectives between my roommate, and me or is it OK to share goals and ideas and plans with others?A: There is no formula. We all have to reach our objectives in the way that works for us.My friend Lisa never learned to swim. So, for her 50th birthday she decided to take up swimming, and her goal is to dive off of a diving board into the pool. She is telling everyone. She has sent e-mails, text messages, phone calls and even handwritten notes to family and friends to let them know of her plans.When I asked her why she was telling everyone, she said that is the only way she will keep up her courage. She said telling everyone will force her to reach the goal instead of embarrassing herself by backing out. She admitted that some had negative things to say, but their comments were overshadowed by the positive comments and good advice and suggestions she has gotten from others.On the other hand,…

Nelson Peltz. File photo.(Photo: KEITH SRAKOCIC, AP)Story HighlightsInvestor Nelson Peltz has taken stakes in PepsiCo and MondelezMondelez, formerly part of Kraft, brands include Oreo, Ritz, CadburyPepsiCo and Mondelez are underperformingNEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire investor Nelson Peltz has disclosed stakes in food manufacturer Mondelez and in PepsiCo, following earlier reports that he could be pushing for a marriage between the sweet and salty snack giants.In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday, Trian said it held a $494.2 million stake in Mondelez and a $269.1 million stake in PepsiCo as of Dec. 31.Peltz's disclosures come at a sensitive time for the two U.S. food and drink makers. Mondelez, which makes Oreo cookies, Ritz crackers and Cadbury chocolates, has stumbled in its first quarters as an independent company after splitting from Kraft Foods.PepsiCo, which makes Frito-Lay, Tropicana and Quaker Oats, is reviewing restructuring options for its underperforming North American beverage business, including a possible spinoff. If that were to happen, analysts have speculated that PepsiCo would want to buy another snack food maker to remain as big as it is today.In a statement early Friday, PepsiCo disclosed that it has held meetings with Peltz's Trian Fund Management in recent weeks to consider its "ideas and initiatives" for long-term growth. A spokesman for Mondelez said the company doesn't comment on contact with specific shareholders.A representative for Trian declined to comment.It could be that Peltz has no intention to agitate for a merger. But the New York native is known for building stakes in companies, then forcing change.In 2008, for example, he led a group of investors in pressuring Cadbury Schweppes to split its candy and its weaker beverage business, which later became Dr Pepper Snapple Group.Meanwhile, Mondelez International and PepsiCo have each undergone radical restructuring in recent years and are…

Batch 19 Pre-Prohibition Style Lager brewed by Coors Brewing Co., of Golden, Colo., is 5.5 percent ABV.(Photo: Coors Brewing Co.)Story HighlightsBatch 19 is said to be based on a recipe found in the Coors Brewing archives5.5% ABV lager is made in 'pre-Prohibition' styleMalt flavor leaned toward caramel, while hop flavor was citrusy and sharpBeer Man is a weekly profile of beers from across the country and around the world.This week: Batch 19 Pre-Prohibition Style LagerCoors Brewing Co., Golden, Colo.batch19.com[1]Brewers were among the many German immigrants who arrived in the United States in large numbers in the 1800s, bringing with them the knowledge of crispy beers made from bottom-fermenting lager yeast, as opposed to the more common top-fermenting ale yeast.Quickly displacing ales, these lagers were a far cry from the watery substances now consumed by most American beer drinkers, which, instead of being made mostly with barley, now can contain nearly 50% corn or rice.World War I, Prohibition, the Great Depression, Dust Bowl and World War II all had impacts on grain harvests that led to this bastardization of our beer. Corn, and later rice, were used more and more often simply because adequate barley supplies didn't exist or were too expensive. As the years went by, unfortunately, the average American became used to the lower amount of barley, to the point where 100% barley beers now taste weird to them. I refer to them as the Lost Beer Generation — actually, several generations.Essentially, any beer purporting to be a "pre-Prohibition lager" is simply what a current traditional German lager still is. Batch 19[2] is supposedly based on a recipe found in the Coors brewing archives. The 5.5% ABV beer had a vibrant golden color and nice head, with tight bubbles that spiraled nicely upwards through the V-shaped pilsner glass it…