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My birthday falls just before Independence Day, and I received countless messages, texts, videos of love, congratulations, funny jokes and more from friends near and far.  I was surprised when I [...]

Isn’t it interesting that we don’t seem to have trouble planning for highly unlikely but good twists of fate, like winning the lottery? You probably already know the first five things you would [...]

He’s wrong, I’m right, how could it be otherwise? I have the facts, I have the data. What in the world was he thinking? We become overheated when we feel the other party hasn’t heard us. [...]

Whether in our personal lives or in our business, we’ve all heard the laments. If only I’d… fired/hired that person sooner updated our technology confronted my spouse about her addiction taken [...]

I have a dear friend whose father was part of the Greatest Generation. He had served honorably in World War II, something about which he felt, understandably, an immeasurable amount of pride. [...]

As a business strategist who has helped many entrepreneurs, CEOs and others create success in their businesses and lives, I find that a lot of popular career advice can make us feel good but is [...]

Nashville has finally left the cold weather behind, and on Saturday – a gloriously warm day – I planted coleus, begonias, and creeping Jenny. It was dark before I could get the herbs in the [...]

There are many things we do every day almost without thinking — shower, brush our teeth, eat, sleep. We know that no matter what, they are a predictable baseline rhythm in our lives. While not [...]

Are you an optimist? I am. One of the great (and for the most part positive myths) we believe is that if we are “good” – if we do our homework, are honest, kind, and diligent – good [...]

Over the weekend, I took my grandchildren to the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, home to a staggering variety of vehicles – the blimp-like brushed metal Dymaxion designed by [...]