Make Even Smarter Choices

Last week, my friend Martha came to visit from Vancouver and together we hosted dinner party. We cooked great food and put out flowers, candles, crisp linen napkins, gleaming silver, fine china [...]

When you work with leaders of high growth companies, you might expect to see these high profile people “hit the wall,” where they can’t do it any longer or get depressed and angry – [...]

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 [...]

If you are anywhere near Nashville, you know that the warm temps have brought a feeling of spring and, quite possibly, the urge to clean out, clear up, and reconsider. For me, this was also the [...]

Years ago, when I did an improv theater workshop, I learned that the secret to this medium was to accept the premise. If a fellow improv actor says that you and a stranger have been stranded on [...]

Some of us were always determined to impress the teacher.  Our homework was done on time, not crumpled, or half-eaten by the proverbial dog.  We were thorough – often doing work for extra [...]

The first time I heard the phrase: To not decide is to decide, I was a college sophomore studying philosophy.  I remember it having a profound impact on my thinking.  Although I had certainly [...]

J.D. Vance, unlikely graduate of Yale Law School, has written a best-seller, Hillbilly Elegy.  It’s unlikely that J.D. would have graduated from the likes of Yale Law School because he grew up in [...]

At year-end merchants count up their inventory, the stock of their goods.  Taking stock helps them determine where they stand – what they want to order more of and what they want to discontinue. [...]

We have entered the holiday season.  Thanksgiving leftovers may still be in your fridge, your belt may feel tighter than it did a week ago, and you may not be able to believe Christmas is less [...]