Empowering people to make strengthening choices
We live in challenging times. I’m going to be speaking to a group of young people in a couple of weeks and their leaders were telling me that these youth feel considerable stress, anxiety and a foreboding about the future. Some of them are depressed. Most of them know school friends who are talking about […]
Childhood Stories One of my happiest memories from my childhood was climbing up onto the lap of a parent or grandparent and reading a story. Reading childhood stories was a way I bonded with my loved ones. It was entertaining. And it was a way I learned valuable lessons of life. One of my favorite […]
We Want to Succeed! One of my core beliefs is that people want to succeed. Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, “Today I’m going to see how many ways I can fail… or make my life miserable.” The desire to succeed is innate in each of us. The question is, what is success? Society […]
“He who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream.” Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet The Privilege of Giving I believe that to give is to receive. Arthur Brooks, an economist and professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Syracuse, works with successful entrepreneurs. In an […]
Yesterday I discussed Kate, Jeff and Paul, three people who, while very different from each other, shared the fact that they were living in harmony with their passions and as a result had self actualization. Now it’s time to talk about you. Are you in harmony with your passions?
“I feel small admitting this, Charlie, but the truth is, I resented you – your money, your power, your prominence.” Hal wondered if he should proceed so openly. But if I don’t, we’re still playing games. It’s risky, but it’s the only way we’ll get to bedrock. Charlie scoffed. “Your attitude put me off, to […]
Yesterday we talked about some of the aspects of your life, and how satisfied you were with them. Now I’d like to zero in on the individual aspects a little more with this quiz. It’s long, so I’ll give it to you in two parts, and then we’ll talk about the results and how this […]
After over two years of unemployment, Jim Moret finally had a job. A good job – he’d been hired as the chief correspondent for the television show, Inside Edition. He should have been happy . . . but his upside-down mortgage and mountain of debt had him desperate and scared. He writes, “ . . […]
