I said something to a friend a couple of months ago that I wish I hadn't. The moment the words left my lips, like a bubble around the words in a cartoon, I could see them make their way over to him, and I wanted to take them back. Too...

While I can't promise you're going to get what you want in a president on November 6, I can promise that if you pay attention this fall, you may very well find a way to get what you want in other areas of your life.

As you tune in...

We're all looking for ways to get more done faster. The thing is, the best way isn't always the most obvious or intuitive. I learned a central piece of this puzzle in a situation in which, literally, my entire goal, my entire job, was to find a way to go...

"Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Any change or improvement we're seeking to make in our lives is ultimately...

Everything is changing--the economy, the world, our lives. And when things change, two things happen: the exciting part--opportunities open up, and the scary part--fear of the unknown. And because the unknown can be so scary for people, groups and businesses, they can clamp down. "Let's just hold onto what we...

Any healthy and productive relationship, business or personal, operates on the basis of certain "agreements." By agreements, I'm not referring to "what" we're doing or working on, but on "how" we do things/work together.

Examples of agreement topics include any ways we operate that may impact others, like:
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Conflict in the workplace is one of the most challenging (and prevalent) aspects of professional life. Any time you get more than one person in a room together, you have the potential for, and the likelihood of conflict. And when it's at work, where we don't always get to choose...

This is the time of year we focus on our taxes, start making arrangements around summer plans, and try to remember when we're supposed to set our clocks forward, right? Sort of. Don't miss the fact that these are also welcome distractions from that thing we really don't want to...

February 14th. Every year, I am amazed at what this day inspires in us. Although "inspires" may be the wrong word, because in many cases it seems to bring up frustration, dejection and unhappiness -- not very inspiring! Whether you're in a relationship or not, Valentine's Day can be a...

People are creatures of habit. And habits are a good thing--we form them in order to do certain things without really thinking (like brushing our teeth) so our brainpower can be freed up for other, more important things (like choosing what kind of work to do). Our habits become our...