I Don’t Care How You Feel

I Don’t Care How You Feel

I had just finished speaking to a university audience on leadership and goal achievement, and had stayed on afterwards to chat with the students. “I know exactly what I want,” my young listener proclaimed. Looking earnest, he furled his brow. “It’s just that I don’t...
How To Catch A Monkey

How To Catch A Monkey

This is not a riddle. Question:  How do you catch a monkey? Answer: The same way we get caught ourselves. Catching a monkey is fairly easy.  Find a coconut and go to the jungle where monkeys live.  Cut a small hole in one end of the coconut  so...
A Vacation From The Vacation

A Vacation From The Vacation

I saw a colleague recently who had been away on vacation for a few weeks. “How was it?” I asked. “Good,” he said. Then he paused. “But I’m exhausted.” They’d been to a lot of places. Seen a lot of sights. Covered a lot of ground. By the end, he was out of sorts. The...
Think About The F Word

Think About The F Word

It’s the very start of summer! Will you be getting enough F in your life? Get your mind out of the gutter. I’m talking about fun! Because life should be fun. Joy is your birthright. But given the intensity of your life, given how many demands there are for your...
Turn Off The Spigot

Turn Off The Spigot

There’s too much coming at us. Emails. Text messages. Notifications. Alerts. News updates. Social media across more channels than any sane person could possibly track. Then there are the breaking news banners, the talking heads, the outrage machine, and the endless...