Standing on stage and staring into a crowd of faces, some I knew, most I did not, I realized I had no where else to go. I step off stage and carry that with me – relaxed yet [...]
Recently I marked a bittersweet milestone in my life. Walking away from what no longer made sense to me was both empowering and brutal. Years of coming to terms with what was [...]
“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. … We need not wait to [...]
How often do you stop in the middle of your day, where ever you are – at your desk, in your car, at the grocery store, in a meeting – and say to yourself, “This is exactly what [...]
“Insufficient facts always invite danger.” When we don’t know the answer, we make it up. If a friend doesn’t call you back right away, if someone gives you an unexpected [...]
I was driving to work. It was 7:15am on a Tuesday. I had meetings starting at 8:00am and was booked back-to-back for most of the day. I brought my lunch but couldn’t quite figure out, [...]
You know that kind of heat: you can feel your skin actually sizzling under the sun’s blinding rays. But you don’t notice. You don’t notice because your toes are [...]
I can’t focus. It’s uneven, pitchy… staccato words hitting me like a Thompson submachine gun. I have turned my phone volume down to a low, low level to try to soften [...]
It’s very cliche to talk about the journey. We’re all on a journey. It’s all about the journey, not the destination. We each have our own journey. But a [...]
Work-life integration is a rather Zen thing. Any given day consists of an incessant flow of decisions. What to eat for breakfast…? …does my son have enough lunch money…? …can we finish the [...]
