Wake Up Chicago! Vote!!

  This week, I had to share my thoughts on the upcoming election. Also based on voter turn out in the past, I wanted to make a desperate last-minute plea to Chicagoans, to WAKE UP, get informed and get out and VOTE on April 7, 2015. If you aren’t from Illinois, I would still urge you Read More

Believing You Can vs. Believing You Can’t

A month or two ago, I had the opportunity to be part of an intimate panel interview with Martin “Marty” Nesbitt. Mr. Nesbitt is a well-known, successful businessman in Chicago, and also the best friend of President Barack Obama. During the panel discussion, Mr. Nesbitt shared an interesting exchange he and the President had about Read More

What’s really important?

This week, I would like to present a challenge to us all.  It is my ultimate desire that we not only perform and complete this challenge, but that it becomes the impetus for a habitual change in behavior going forward. In the United States, the 2012 presidential election is only a matter of days away.  Read More