Priorities.  We all have them; I would suspect that in 2020 without much planning your priorities changed.  A line that speaks to the unconscious way we organize priorities is from author Robert Proctor.  I paraphrase a bit, but the intent is the same: “If you want to know what is important to a person who...Read More

Have you noticed how women seem to be making history everywhere? Women’s History Month is about women making history and it changed something for me.  I was never a big fan of the month of March.  I first realized how much I disliked March in the mid-1990’s when a friend from graduate school and I, Robert...Read More

“If only.” Those must be the two saddest words in the world. -Mercedes Lackey As Valentine’s Day approaches there is always an avalanche of relationship advice.  Reading all the advice may leave you feeling as though you can bury any hope of happiness in your love or your work relationships.   You might be busy...Read More

Telling lies and self-deception are subjects I have written a lot about in my career.  Now, I need to be direct. I am here to tell you that you will never achieve the success you desire in life and business unless you stop deceiving yourself. Just about now I can hear you saying to yourself...Read More

ow this old post really made me smile.  I found as I was planning this trip that I have a very cheap streak.  That streak is along the lines of never wanting to invest money on ‘side trips’ — I like to go first class, stay first class, spend first class — but don’t like...Read More

  John Izzo begins his book: The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die with a question we should form our entire life around: “Why do some people find wisdom and die happy?” This query is one that should sit quietly in the back of our minds from birth until death. When we sit...Read More

Dr. Success challenge: Review your checkbook and your calendar. What does how you spend your money and where you spend your time say about what you value in your life? Is the picture accurate? I have been working with the following questions this week: What do you value? Where do you put your priorities? Within...Read More

Well, it’s that time of the year again. The days are shorter, and the to-do lists are longer. There are gifts to buy, decorations to hang, festivities to attend (and host), as well as all the normal things that come with the year’s end, like wrapping up financial decisions along with all the gifts (especially...Read More