I have been contemplating submitting a proposal for a TEDx talk to be held in Las Vegas in December. I am not sure I will yet, but in doing some research I came across this TED talk I felt was worth sharing. A good thought — and I could see this as an inspirational project...Read More
Negative reports of positive psychology show ignorance isn’t bliss By Adam Barsky, University of Melbourne and Michael Zyphur, University of Melbourne Perhaps because the word positive automatically brings to mind the insufferable yellow smiley face, the field of positive psychology is struggling to get the respect that it deserves. Two articles in the Fairfax press...Read More
When I created the Random Acts of Kindle Kindness to celebrate the one year anniversary of the events that became Don’t Die with Your Song Unsung, I had some strategic goals for the book and the campaign. I did not achieve those goals. Instead, the campaign is achieving goals I could never have planned to achieve —...Read More
Have you ever wondered what you are telling yourself when you are drawn to a quote? In my never ending attempt to keep my desk somewhat organized, I collected up some pages I had torn out of here and there with quotes that must have caught my spirit on some day. Here is what I...Read More
The difficult part of finding my voice is that I feel called to lovingly communicate differences (generally more than others wish I would – and I know that). Our current political cycle has allowed me ample opportunity to practice communicating my opinion in a respectful way to someone or some institute that I feel is...Read More
Oh, yes it will if you follow the attitude of the man in this story! In my post, It Won’t Last, I described the shocking attitude of a fellow walker I met on a beautiful Las Vegas morning. I discussed my post with editor extraordinaire, Katherine Armstrong, who is an accomplished runner currently training for...Read More
During the month of August, I created Random Acts of KindleKindness. The act entailed sending Kindle copies of Don’t Die with Your Song Unsung to friends, coworkers, clients, etc. To seed the Acts, I gave the executive director of the Fredrick Douglas Family Foundation $10 and told him to send copies to 10 people he thought...Read More
Today is a “weather perfect day” in Las Vegas. This day followed a record breaking rainfall for any day since records have been kept for Las Vegas. As I began my 7 a.m. walk, the air was crisp, the birds were singing, and the leaves on the trees gave enough cover to feel a bit...Read More
One of the 24 Values In Action from Positive Psychology research is Persistence (Perseverance and Industriousness)(p.229). This weekend I stopped to buy a glass of lemonade from two children in my neighborhood. I had backed out of my garage and did not notice the lemonade stand until I was about turn the corner. I pulled...Read More
Today, September 5, 2012 marks an anniversary of sorts. Today is the one year anniversary of the day I stood up in a church as an officiator was spewing hatred from the pulpit and slowly and repeatedly kept saying, “Father, please stop speaking.” Eventually, he stopped. The security guard came to remove me, which was...Read More
