Gratitude.  I dare say, I feel the word gratitude is so overused the word, its use, and its place in human development, have become a cliche’.  Then something happened and I became aware of another perspective. During what has become an almost endless move from one home to another, I have had the opportunity to...Read More

In Don’t Die with Vacation Time on the Books, I used a John Lennon quote:  “Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.”  All I can say is, “Yes!” My plan for the last 60 days was to successful sell our home and move to our new home.  My plan was to...Read More

My first Don’t Die book traversed the true story of business loss and health loss.  The second Don’t Die book recounted the true story of a transformative 31 days of positive life change.  My third book is awaiting a vibrant true story that traverses and recounts a life experience that implores us all not to...Read More

This week has been all about freedom in the United States.   Freedom may have been the theme, but I was reminded how important the emotional strength of courage is to our freedom in some unusual ways.  The courage of those who protect our freedom is obvious.  What I had lost focus of was how much courage it takes  achieve...Read More

On  May 11 I posted a blog referencing Sherly Sandberg’s advice in her book, Lean In. This past Friday I saw for the first time a re-run of a Shark Tank episode featuring a team of teen inventors — 5 young women and 1 young man ages 12-18. I urge you to watch the video...Read More

It is summer and the three steps to success are simple: 1.  Buy, read,  and of course, take action to create the habits outlined in Tevor Blake’s Three Simple Steps. 2.  Become a member — not just a subscriber — to The Intelligent Optimist Magazine.  (Hint you will have access to Tevor’s most recent live,...Read More

It appears I am a very slow learner.  This week a comment came though on an old blog post.  I wanted to see what the content was before I posted the comment.  After re-reading what I wrote a few years back I decided there is a reason why one of the main adages in the...Read More

Dr. Success Challenge: Is there someone — or a host of someones — who you need to follow up with but have been avoiding?  Is there a connection you need to make that you have  been procrastinating actually making?  I am writing today from Nike territory, so the only guidance I can share is:  Just...Read More

Bottom Line Results:  When you live and age well, you tend to be more successful in your chosen livelihood, more satisfied in your reporting of general life happiness, and those two attributes generally mean you also have built communities of support. As we approach a holiday weekend in the United States, I wanted to share...Read More