A pandemic is upon us, an invisible enemy of all people. This is no time for despair but a time for hope and action. After ten months of writer’s block and a feeling that my message might not carry personal value; I dropped the pretense with the idea that now anything could help many. The following is essential to defeating […]

One of the most difficult challenges in our personal and business lives is communicating value. There is an art to providing value; it is learned behavior that focuses on others, their needs, and is worth something to them. All too often in today’s business environment there is a presumption of value. Making an assumption like this is slippery […]

How many times in a week is some advice directed at you? There is something inexplicable about humans; DNA that compels them to constantly offer opinions structured as questions. When it comes to advice no interrogative word is more common than why. Is there any value to advice that typically costs nothing and promises so much benefit? It depends on the […]

The way to a purposeful and happy life is finding the proper ethical keys. More meaningful doors are opened to us when are ethical keys are visible and consistently in daily play. Where do our ethical keys come from? They come from our moral compasses that drive daily actions and decision making. It’s not hard to look around and spot individuals […]

The most ethical organizations consistently utilize building blocks leading to their success. Much akin to assembling Legos they systematically place building blocks in patterns that result in strong and unshakable foundations. America’s pastime, baseball, has an achievement for batters called hitting for the cycle. What does that mean? A batter hits a single, double, triple, and a home run […]

All of a sudden Mom, Dad, or a family member’s health has changed prompting a move from independent living to assisted care. You thought about this being a possibility; knowing their time could arrive and somehow you would be there to assist them. The speed of their health declining has completely caught you off guard […]

It is through the ordinary that humans have the opportunity to become extraordinary. The ordinary consists of the DNA we all possess; the contents are nothing more than the values we emulate and live by. The ordinary is the interaction humans have with each other that helps us gel or become disconnected. I was fortunate enough this weekend to view the […]

Our world puts a premium on achieving results vs. how to conduct our lives purposefully. It is time to drop the anvil; declaring this premium to be misguided and wrong. I watched the Winter Olympic Games with great interest. While the participants were overjoyed at winning various medals, I was mesmerized by the stories of certain athletes who […]

Scan any given profession or field and locate the most successful people. These high impact individuals seem to embrace and understand the essence of now. While easy to think ahead or glance over our shoulders, the most important question is how to be in the moment or what I call the essence of now. Before we delve […]