A Shot Of Optimism

Do you have a dream to make the world a better place?  Build stronger neighborhoods, improve the educational system, change how we use energy, create access to capital for overlooked [...]

Are you feeling bored?  Do you want work that interests you? I have worked with lots of people who say: I’m bored with what I do. I’ve lost interest in ____. I’ve always done the same thing; I [...]

Growing up in the hot South, I spent hours at the swimming pool.  I learned to dive from the side of the pool and soon graduated to the “low board”.  In those days before concerns about legal [...]

July 4th is the Declaration of Independence of the American colonies from England declaring their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  It goes on to list all those actions taken [...]

A newly wed wife came home from work one day to find her husband had prepared a roast.  She was thrilled, but puzzled: he had cut the ends off the roast before cooking it.  In her sweetest [...]

What is a Beer Goggle Decision? Two smart entrepreneurs were bemoaning a couple of hiring mistakes they had made. Curious, I asked, “What led you to hire these guys in the first place”? “They [...]

Instincts of bison tell them to face into the storm Bison are magnificent animals that roamed our Western plains in huge numbers, until over-hunted by white hunters more than a century ago.   The [...]

Your Life Calling is the name of Jane Pauley’s monthly show produced by AARP. Before you start thinking, that’s for old people. It’s not! Although it profiles people over 50 who have made [...]

Are there days you leave your office feeling like a wet T- shirt just out of the washer: heavy and useless?  Would you like more days when you feel like a freshly ironed shirt? Find What’s Juicy [...]

Is getting to your YIPPEE worth dealing with your YIKES? Last week I went to New York to meet media producers so I can begin publicizing my upcoming book Discover Your YIPPEE , about how to find [...]