Succeed

For the resolute and determined, there is time and opportunity. Ralph Waldo Emerson Now a few weeks into January, the flood of discussion, assessment, review, and execution of resolutions is [...]

You must put your head into the lion’s mouth if the performance is to be a success.   Winston Churchill Eight years ago, my youngest son, Kellen, and I had the opportunity to attend a [...]

In the 2007 movie, The Bucket List, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman portray two terminally ill men who create a list of “must-do’s” that they determine to pursue together [...]

Agency. This word has recently been on my mind – not in reference to a business or organization, or a contractual term. I’m thinking of human agency in what Wikipedia defines as [...]

Shaking my head, I realized that I had just shtepped into it. Yeah, I knew the risks, but precautions had been taken. I knew the warning signs, I was diligent in keeping my eyes open, and I [...]

The Clarity of Forward Motion Perhaps it’s the energy generated from conversations. Maybe it’s the sense of movement created by setting some appointments or the progress toward the closing of a [...]

Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you. David Whyte, Sweet Darkness Stones Across the River In October 2016, I published my first book, Stones Across the River. The [...]

A stubbornly persistent problem in our modern era has centered on the dichotomy between our increasing standard of living: wealth, comfort, technology, culture, leisure, etc. and our decreasing [...]

We may have become comfortable with deception but we still recognize it as hurtful, particularly when we're on the receiving end. But we often allow ourselves to be deceived. Why is [...]

Yesterday was a glorious day in Indianapolis. Though still a bit cold, the sun shone brightly across clear skies and it seemed that the entire city found itself caught in the gravitational pull [...]