52 STEPS FORWARD

You do not need to be a television show-worthy hoarder to have far more than you use.  A cursory review of our closets, kitchen drawers, and garages provides ample evidence for all but the most fastidious.   I am not approaching this subject from a moral or value...

Each of us can point to circumstances not of our own doing to justify a lack of accomplishment (economically poor family, "bad" parents, fat genes, surname ends in a vowel, etc.).  All of them may be an impairment, but do not consign us to defeat.  By taking...

You need to answer it.  And sometimes it rings when we are unprepared or wish they called someone else.  We need to respond even when the timing is terrible, we do not want to, or we do not feel suited for the task. It Rings We would immediately jump to the aid of a...

Better Left Undone? We fancy ourselves facing the world like a swashbuckler standing on the ship's bow with our saber upraised.  In reality, the fear of failure too often confines us in our safe harbor and stops us from pursuing what we want.  Missteps confirm our...

It is a dirty word, and we seek to avoid it.  JFK famously said, “Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.”  However, failure is often better than the alternative, inevitable, hastily decided, and the fertilizer of success.     The Alternative? An evil...