I think Linton Weeks has done an excellent job of explaining a major problem most of us are experiencing in every aspect of our daily lives in his NPR article What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate.  I recommend you read the whole article…but these excerpts might give you a flavor for the article: “It...Read More

Marty Seligman delivered a TED speech in 2004.  I was completing his Authentic Happiness Coaching program at that time and he told us about this speech.  This segment covers Positive Psychology to that point in its young history.  It is a good primer for those interested in the subject. One part not covered in this video...Read More

I have been sharing a motto of mine a lot lately:  Consistent Persistence.  It is my answer to just about every question of “What does it take to be a success?”  Then I was shown a hopeful sign of consistent persistence in action – 40 + years in the making. Buckminster Fuller stated in the...Read More

2012 started with enormous opportunity and the challenge for shifts to take place.  The economy had an opportunity get stronger – or not.  Unemployment had an opportunity to decline – or not.  American’s have the opportunity to elect a new president – or not. The world supposedly has an opportunity to end on 12/21 –...Read More

Starting the week of success reading and using a book Creating Your Best Life:  The Ultimate Life List Guide for myself and withing my client work. I find my work being guided by a quote attributed to Charles Darwin’s:  “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one...Read More

Many have questioned why I am so devoted to my trademarked title Don’t Die.  Most who question the title just don’t like what they feel is a focus on death.  No amount of me saying, “Don’t Die books are all about living a don’t die spirit” seems to matter. Then I see a story like...Read More

The following blog post was written by author, researcher, teacher and Positive Psychologist, Dr. Robert Biswar-Diener.  Robert has a new book out this week: The Courage Quotient and Robert is one of two resources I recommend for his Positive Psychology Coaching Course.  His April class is full, but he has another scheduled for June 4....Read More

A few weeks ago I went to dinner with my husband and two friends. Durng our conversation, I told  them how I had been contacted by an acquaintance I had not heard from in at least 5 years.  I had seen the person maybe once, in passing, during that 5 year period. We were enjoying dinner...Read More

I have a fun habit of reducing a date to its numerological number.  The way it works is you take a date:  04-13-2012 and you add the numbers individually: 4+1+3+2+0+1+2 = 13, 1+3 + 4.  Today I noticed that the number was 13, 4 – on 4/13….I’ve been doing this a long time and just...Read More

Are your life goals ones that you are committed to, or ones that are convenient to hold? Recently I became acquainted with a master brand strategist, Lou Rubin, Managing Partner of OutGrowth Consulting.  He told me he rode his bike to the office each day.  He lives in New York City.  A few days after...Read More