Are You a Boredom Pecker?

As I talked to Debby Kinsella at Full Circle Ranch B & B, Cave Creek, AZ about her hens that supplied the eggs for morning breakfast, a friend of hers […]

Moving West, a Perspective

Many years ago a colleague of mine recounted a story told to her by the Chair of her dissertation committee. He recalled that to graduate from one of his programs […]

I CAN, I COULD, I DID!

“I-think-I-can” these words were made famous in a story that first appeared in print with the title The Little Engine That Could, 1920. The story has gone through multiple versions but […]

Misuse of the Imagination

Major Nesmeth was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. For seven years he was confined to a small cage. To keep his sanity, he played an imaginary eighteen holes […]

Are You an A?

In the book, The Art of Possibility, Benjamin and Rosamund Stone Zander share a story of a young man that was attending one of Benjamin’s music courses. Zander, the conductor of […]

What You Do?

Success demands singleness of purpose. You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects. It is those who concentrate on but one thing […]

Life is a Prep School for Your Future

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Soren Kierkegaard There are no mistakes only creative opportunities. How has your life prepared you for the future? […]

Freedom from Fear

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success. Martha Stewart Closed minds exist because we are afraid to move out of our comfort zones. We can spot […]

You’re a Leader!

We are always leading someone. Primarily ourselves, but also others. How are you leading your chosen life? How are you a leader for others?

Is Your Life a Wandering Generality?

Without purpose, your life becomes a “wandering generality,” according to Patrick Williams and Lloyd J. Thomas. When Carnegie wrote, “I am going to spend the first forty years of my life creating a […]