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

A December to Remember is the local Lexus slogan.  I found myself saying that many times during this month.  I have not written much — almost at all — since December 6.  For me it has been a December to Remember.  I started the month teaching a class on Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’ Life Change model, followed...Read More

It’s summer and I know I could possibily have found a more joyful way to invest a Sunday afternoon, yet the level of satisfaction I got from filing a pile of papers that dated back as far as 2008 really did give me a lot of satisfaction.  I know, yet again another sign that what...Read More

In my last post I told of my surprise and delight of finding a child’s DiSC Behavioral Profile from 7 31 89 completed by my daughter. The self-report gave a list of statements that were supposedly true of her 21 years ago at age 5. I then wrote and asked her to let me know...Read More

I like unexpected surprises especially when they are happy and remind me of something from my past that I had long forgotten. During a discussion about horoscopes – yes, horoscopes – and when I was first exposed to them, how valid I found them and such, I got up and went to a file cabinet...Read More

What grows in darkness? I was deep in a conversation about how to use the DiSC profile to increase self-awareness and harness ways to communicate when my colleague asked, “What about the shadow side?” Of course, I responded, “What about it?” Dr. Success Motto: You can spend time exploring your shadow, or you can continually...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 a December 2009 blog post, and on the December 2009 segment of AM Arizona, I featured a book, Whale Done Parenting. It is a story and guidebook of how to apply the positive psychology techniques used to train orcas at SeaWorld to the development of children. Last week an experienced, devoted trainer of SeaWorld...Read More

Recently I was sent a list of questions by a freelance journalist interested in developing an article for an artesian trade magazine. The article was about how to stay motivated during economically challenging times. What follows was the response I submitted: The things you do to stay motivated in a down economy are the same...Read More

There are a few blogs which I regularly follow. At the top of that list is marketing mastermind, Seth Godin. Recently he posted a link to a film that explores in a very creative way the emotions of those fired or laid off and how they recreate themselves. The title is Lemonade – and it...Read More