Sweet Land of Liberty? In a country proclaiming freedom of speech as its preeminent 1st Amendment constitutional value, we now seek to silence voices instead of protecting them.   College students protest to cancel speakers with “incorrect” viewpoints.  News programs are now echo chambers for one side’s political views.  When a panel includes those with opposing positions, the resulting...

…words will never hurt me.  Do they teach children this lesson anymore, or has it gone the way of cursive?  Today's message is for those needing a refresher and snowflakes. Of course, it is much easier to widely broadcast words today than when I learned this saying as a child and when it was initially penned in the mid-1800s.  We are no longer limited to whispering gossip into our classmate's...

After a few months into this year's journey with your goals, you probably consider time constraints one of the biggest impediments to pursuing your goals.  You seek perfect yet elusive balance. The answer is not measured by a beam scale of justice but more closely resembles the ebb and flow in a lava lamp. Rather than setting a precise time allocation, our goals must be pursued harmoniously.  ...

What do I Mean? It is too easy to pursue the avalanche of “opportunities” from within, family, work, and friends that take us away from doing what we previously determined to be most important.  We discover the most troublesome enemies of accomplishing our goals are not obvious time wasters like social media but virtuous activities we enjoy.   We are distracted because we forget what is...

The Threshold Issue Do you know what frequently stops you from doing what you want and should do?  It is saying “yes” to things you should say “no” to.  Warren Buffet says, “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.”  Alternatively, you can frame the issue positively by asking, “Does the potential...