It can be stressful being interviewed by a Forbes contributor.   Having the interviewer be someone who actually endorsed my book, Don’t Die Waiting to Brave, made the experience better than I could have hoped.  Kathy Caprino and I met many years ago through the publisher, Berrett-Koehler.  Our paths had not crossed since 2015.  We share...Read More

You may notice that I use the words Thank You a lot.  I sign a lot of my correspondence using that salutation.  I do that because it causes me to pause and think before I sign off.  Do I always mean it when I use it?  No!  But there is never a time I am...Read More

I started the day receiving the following message from someone I consider my teacher. I met the author of this piece 25 years ago when I was first studying the DiSC behavioral model. I did not know anything about the self-help industry. I did not know anything about personal development. I knew even less about...Read More

I do not believe the cliche “all things happen for a reason” as many use it…when something bad happens there is some ‘reason’ why it happened and your job is to find out what that reason is and learn from it. Hogwash. There is only one reason anything happens and that is because the purpose...Read More

What is the price you are willing to pay to have financial success? During a business strategy call this morning I found myself using a personal example of a low water mark for financial success.  Lap dancers. Let me explain.  In the community I live, lap dancers out earn me by about 10 to 1. ...Read More

Have you ever noticed that sometimes life requires you to stop doing things that you actually enjoy in order to do something you do not enjoy nearly as much?  Well, that is what has happened to me.  I actually enjoy writing a blog each week, sharing the blog posts of some noted and content-rich contributors,...Read More

There is a short list on which I keep the names of people whose work I admire in any given field.  I find keeping such a list stops me from wondering in the ‘woods’ of an Internet search on any given topic.  When it comes to those I trust in the field of applied positive...Read More

Dr. Success Challenge:  Look at an unpleasant part of your business life.  Maybe you are without a job because of a corporate layoff.  Maybe you lost your business because of economic conditions.  Maybe your whole industry is in flux and you have no idea where you will land.  Whatever the situation, think of it as an...Read More

Many of you know I have been diligently putting effort toward attracting a larger venue for my media work with positive psychology.  Today was an example of one of those days that had wonderful stuff in it, and then the not so wonderful. My day started with a beautiful email from a participant in a two-year...Read More

Why do books matter?  Because they continue to impact the reader long after the book is read! August 2009 Be The Hero was released.  January 30, 2010 master coach and author Noah Blumenthal presented his book at a fundraising event for Stillpoint Center for Spiritual Development.  October 2010 — ten months later — someone who...Read More