December 7, 1941. She was enjoying breakfast with her mother in the courtyard of the Moana Surfrider hotel on Oahu. Over coffee and fruit – and a vain attempt to convince her mother to try [...]
I’m just going to say it: I like to win. Put me in a situation where there’s another team to beat, a medal to be won or a bit of bragging rights to own, and I am all in. I will strategize, plot, [...]
It’s not a midlife crisis. Or maybe you’re just trying to excuse yourself, your thoughts, your actions. But the fact is, you are not in a midlife crisis. You did not wake up one day [...]
I just returned from a five day road trip with my kids – a whirlwind tour from Phoenix to Sacramento Valley to Orange County. Some of you might remember that 18 months ago, I did [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
When she talks, it feels like a fork scraping against a stainless steel bowl. And she’s a talker. I love our conversations, but honestly, she can be hard to listen to. And when we do [...]
“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 [...]