In the forward of the book, Extrodinary Knowing, the reknowned human development pychologist Carol Gilligan wrote, “Knowing through connectedness–the word that would join us, bridging lisby’s work and mine.  It is how children know.  And then, when connectedness is shattered or discounted or overridden, they come not to know.” Dr. Success Challenge:  Begin reconnecting to...Read More

One of the many reasons I re-post Seth Godin’s blogs is because I align with the way the man thinks. I have reposted his entire blog on the subject of Rights and Responsibilities, yet his closing line once again hits square on all corners of the ever evolving definition of business success: “If your success...Read More

It seems that science is confirming. Lots of little conversations about other people’s small annoyances in life – or you sharing every detail of your daily annoyances in life – make you less happy. Now from the things I hear people tell me about their level of happiness, few – very few – can afford...Read More

  Creating a state of human flow – enjoying an activity so much that you lose track of time – has been one of the many substantive fields of work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. He wrote, “Flow is a source of psychic energy in that it focuses attention and motivates action.” (p. 140, Finding Flow). ‘Flow’...Read More

Some mornings I wake up just feeling my ‘cheerios’. On those mornings I want to enter conversations that matter, that move the mind and touch the heart, and that just might tick someone off enough to comment! This is one of those mornings! I make no secret of my belief in God. I speak and...Read More

One of the many beautiful transitions I am noticing – and which I contribute to the stressful economic downturn our country has been experiencing since 2008 – is that men are stepping up in bold ways to get other men into public conversations about how they speak and think – and how to do that...Read More

In keeping with a few other blogs on marriage, I wanted to post a piece Gay Hendricks posted on 1/18/2010. Gay, among many accomplishments, is also a co founder of the Spiritual Cinema Circle. If you don’t belong to the SCC, you are missing a lot of uplifting films.www.hendricks.com/node/769THE SECRET OF EXPERIENCING MORE GENUINE LOVE...Read More

At a business dinner recently the interim CEO of Pinnacle Entertainment posed the following question to everyone at the table: “If you had 2 minutes face-to-face with President Obama, what would you ask of him or for him to do?” For a moment I really did not know what to say. Two minutes,one request. Even...Read More

This post continues a theme started by reading Seth Godin’s blog about jerks and doormats. Being considered a “jerk” may be the opportunity we all share regardless of our natural behavioral style. Yet feeling like a doormat or being referred to as a “doormat”, I will argue, is something only some behaviors experience. Commercial: The...Read More

I always pay attention to what I am asked to explain, or topics that keep reoccurring in client and friend conversations, or behaviors or thoughts that pop up in me that cause me to pause and take notice. Today I read a line from Seth Godin’s about jerks and doormats at work and I knew...Read More