A Labor Day Thought!

  As the ticket agent handed me my confirmed seat on a Chicago bound flight, for which I had been standing-by, I couldn’t help but smile at the thought of getting home an hour earlier than planned.  Finally, I would get a full night’s sleep! I was thinking, “No alarm clock tomorrow! It’s Labor Day!!” However, my Read More

Doing What We Can, Where We Can.

  Last week I had the opportunity to attend the 2011 Global Leadership Summit. The title alone would lead anyone’s thoughts towards a list of well-known, well qualified speakers, authors, politicians and leaders around the globe sharing their nuggets of wisdom with a captive audience… …and that’s basically what happened! For two days I had Read More

Never let anyone tell to you what you cannot do!

I recently received a call from a friend who was terribly upset about a conversation she had with an esteemed and long time mentor. During the conversation with her mentor, she revealed one of her deep aspirations, to which her mentor responded, “You can’t do that!” After listening to my friend vent her frustrations I calmly Read More

The Gift of Engaging Each Other

  Due to my responsibilities at work I have the opportunity to travel frequently. Periodically, I end up on a red-eye flight and find myself waking up at the crack of dawn to catch my plane at the airport. Over the past few months when this has happened the same driver has picked me up Read More

For Sale: A Secret and Powerful Tool

  What if I could sale a top-secret tool to you?  Would you be interested? This tool can process all your ideas to completion. Take the old ideas that don’t work and create even better scenarios and ideas on which to build. This tool can take your top talents and transform them into tangible outputs, that not only support Read More

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

  22,674 men lost their lives in the American Revolutionary War to ensure the signing of the “Declaration of Independence” mattered 237 years ago. When was the last time you took the time to read it? Refresh your memory and hit the link below: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html On September 17, 1787, approximately 11 years and 2 months later, Read More