We all need some strategies to help us get through these admittedly challenging times. Read how Radical Optimism helped save me in my time of need.
The hero in the ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho says that he is an adventurer, looking for treasure. Which sparked this joy in me to know there is a place, right here, where I too can can set sail, or point the wheel. Where will the treasure take us?
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This week, I tried to remember my daughters growing up. There was the usual highlights, the trips, the birthdays, the holidays. The big moments that spark and lead the way. But some of it was also lost…
There is a downside to being an optimist. Jim Collins in his seminal book ‘Good to Great’ tells a story about General Stockdale. General Stockdale was a POW in Vietnam for 8 years…
Of all the information I absorbed this week, perhaps the most powerful was a quote from a Rabbi who lived way back in 110 BC. His name was Hillel the Elder, and when asked to explain the Torah he said simply…
I had another email in the queue until January 6th became our reality. This forced me to regroup and rethink. For a minute there, everything was in a spin and being stressed, leaving me truly wondering what might happen next….
As we cut the tethers to the strangest year, I’m focusing on three words for 2021. These are intentions I plan on revisiting frequently as a measure: maybe they’ll change if better words come along, maybe they’ll fit exactly…
This week’s newsletter is hard for me to write. It’s about Tony Hsieh, who was a wildly successful entrepreneur who appeared to have the world on a string. But in the wild scree that was his life there are lessons to be learned…
My social animal awakens this time of year. I’m reminded we are all tribal beings. This time around though, we’re faced with some new challenges. Here’s some ways, perhaps, that we can work through it.
The rush is on. The holidays are here. To manage the craziness, there’s a simple equation I’ve used to maximize the joy of the season, and it follows this very beautiful and simple equation…