A few years ago I had the privilege of listening to David Gergen (don’t recognize the name…google him) speak at a Leadership Summit in the Chicago area. I took a lot of great nuggets away from his talk…others of which I’ll probably share in the future, but one that really stuck out was as follows: Read More
It takes a village…
Life is a gift. …and to enhance this gift are all the wonderful people around us who share this gift. It is my belief that opening ourselves to the combination of life and the people we encounter in this life is the key to fulfillment. Let me explain… Yesterday I crossed off a goal on Read More
It’s time for a time check…
This past week I’ve struggled a bit with the fact that we all are entering the 6th month of 2012 so soon. The beginning of next month will place us at the half-way mark of this year. I don’t know about you…but for me…it seems the pace with which time is moving is unreasonably and Read More
Wanted: Your Strengths!
What are you really good at? I’m not talking; just ok…this is your top strength, I mean you’re really good at this! Who knows that you’re really good at this? Does your significant other know? How about your leader, your family, your friends and peers?…maybe even your team? If they don’t know…what are you doing Read More
The Illusions All Around Us
Chicago is hosting NATO.…and just like that, I along with many other Chicagoans found out just how little what we want or would like to have…really matters. In the end, we’re all treated like a potential protestor or threat. It’s very interesting how a privilege given, can so easily be a privilege taken away.…and the Read More
The Mind’s Eye
If you’ve studied human anatomy you already know that the ‘eye’ gets a lot of credit it doesn’t deserve. We typically say we see through our eyes, when in essence we really see with our brain. The eye only serves as a tool to provide the reflective signal of the colors and shapes that Read More
Upgrade U
What was the last item you had to upgrade? Chances are one of the applications on your smart phone needed upgrading recently or maybe even the phone itself. I can’t speak for you, but whenever I see that there’s an upgrade available for an application on my smart phone or the software on my laptop, I Read More
What do you REALLY want?
Are all your wants and desires written down? Do you know your life’s goals so well you can repeat them from memory? Do you have your dreams and aspirations displayed on a vision board or storyboard that you can see everyday? If the answer is no, I regret to inform you that you’re probably living Read More
Do you REALLY know how to read?
Last week I had the opportunity to speak to a group of people about my purpose and the journey towards creating that purpose. To do this I shared a brief story: About 10 years ago a wonderful man and mentor of mine assigned me a book to read. After reading the book, I showed up Read More
