In his book The Awakened Heart, Gerald May reminds us that love takes time and loving well is even less efficient. On this early Mother’s Day morning, I celebrate the love of mothers and the reality that LOVE may not have always been the best use of her time. Remember… When she was the one more »

Where do you Begin? This week I am facilitating the development of a team that may have a profound impact on the world of technology and for the average user of that ever-evolving realm. I began working with this team eight years ago when they were formed, so we aren’t exactly strangers. The first thing more »

The Power of the Visual is one of the ways in which the heart is stimulated to action and sends messages to the body to ACT.

By now you may have adjusted to the lovelier, later sunlight in the evening and enjoyed it being darker in the morning (if you are so inclined to “sleep in”) as we again, adjust our clocks to the Daylight Savings time. Though mentioned by Benjamin Franklin in 1784, the modern idea of daylight saving was more »

Charles Kenny has written a brave book: Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding–And How We Can Improve the World Even More. In his book he cites the improvements, especially in the past century, for humans on the planet that have made life better, easier, more fun. If this is true, why then are people more »

The Death of Outrage was William Bennett’s shot at Bill Clinton’s behavior and how the American public had grown desensitized to public scandal. Apart from the drama of the character that he analyzed, I have always loved the book’s title and believe that when a culture loses its repugnance or indignation over what can be more »

I learned this bit of wisdom from one of my teachers years ago. He went on to embellish the teaching by further illustrating that “death is like taking off a tight shoe” – and we all know what that means. I especially understood what he meant, having just lost my own mother that month 24 more »

The start of any new year is full of anticipation and expectation. A time to begin fresh, achieve our goals; fulfill our dreams. But it is often so soon after, that we forget the dream of who we wanted to become this year and we return to our usual ways. We are creatures of habit more »

This is a comment I made a few years ago in a keynote speech and have made many times since. I also have heard from many who have heard this quip that it made an indelible impression on them. “How can you say you’re never busy?” some have asked in exasperation as if I have more »

Previously, The Wall Street Journal published an article called “The End of Management” about how the management philosophy of the last century will not survive in this one. I agree, and in fact, believed such a concept back in 1999. As my way of stepping into the 21st century with the energy, innovation, and adaptability more »