
How To Start a New Venture
Where would you be if you had all the money your heart desires? If you had no worries? If you came home and the most delicious meal was...

Christmas Present Shopping Rules for Men and Time
Well, here we go into the Christmas season again. And you incredible women out there in the west and north Phoenix, I’m giving you an...

This Thanksgiving, and This Christmas
Have you heard of the song, This Christmas? Well, this year, I've added to the title, as you can see above. To me, these two holidays...

When are Seventeen Inches, Seventeen Inches?
Well, the answer to that is, when it’s seventeen inches. Today, let's explore my answer by reading a famous speech etched in baseball...

問題、問題、何故問題だらけ?
船が難破し二人の男がある島に漂着した。一人は叫んで泣き始めた。「俺たちは死んでしまう! 俺たちは死んでしまう!食べ物はないし、水もない。俺たちは死んでしまう!」もう一人の男は、ヤシの木に背中を持たれかけ静かに座っており、最初の男はそれに腹を立てた。「あんたはわからないのか?...

Problems, Problems, Why Problems?
Two men got shipwrecked on an island. One started screaming and yelling. "We're going to die; we're going to die! There's no food, no...

Emerging Leaders and Second Chances
Here is an unusual account of a real-life event that happened some years ago. An executive secretary to the president of a large...

The Power of One Person
Allow me to share a true story about the power of one person who was willing to step into an impossible situation. In this case, it was a...

Four Things You Can’t Recover, Rediscovered!
I recently rediscovered a quote that resonated strongly with my followers on Facebook. It’s a quote by Deanna Wadsworth. “There are four...

Why Are Relationships So Hard?
Here’s a concept attributed by some to Mother Teresa about life. Her attitude, compassion, work ethic, and incredible belief in God have...

Tom Brokaw’s Takeaway about Seventh Grade
The year is 2012. Becky and I are in Tempe, Arizona, attending our son’s graduation at Arizona State University. The graduation was...

We Let the Dog Out
One of my challenges as a speaker and writer is that some people think I’m an expert. Like me, many experts have more degrees than a...

The Wisdom of Strength and Wisdom
Last week, I addressed the need for a ‘both/and’ way of thinking in our lives. Let me give you an example of how this works. Do you know...

Isolated Islands We’re Not
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle awakes. It knows that it must run faster than the fastest cheetah, or it will be killed. Likewise,...

Minding the Expectation Gap
Last week, we started a two-part series on what happens when we live our lives or base our success on the following equation:...

Unmet Expectations Minus Real Reality Equals…?
We live in a success-driven world that generally believes and endorses an awkward value. That awkward value is the issue of success....

Want to go up? Write it down!
An eighty-year-old couple was worried because they kept forgetting things all the time. The doctor assured them that there was nothing...

More Smiles Per Hour
I like our article title today. Life can be about increasing your and other's smiles per hour if you know Who the accelerator is and...

See, Then Be, the Change
Here’s a story to get your mojo going today. Two guys are talking about their boss's upcoming wedding. The first guy says, "It's...