Self‑Defeating Behaviors

Self‑Defeating Behaviors

Oftentimes, when working in or with a group, a member’s individual needs interfere with the groups’ effectiveness.  Whether you are leading the group or you are a member of the group, the groups effectiveness depends on the ability to notice manage and redirect...
With Age Comes the Gift of Loving those Younger

With Age Comes the Gift of Loving those Younger

My Great Aunt Edith lived to be 96. She died 7 years ago. Until the very end, she got up every day. She lived for more than a decade in senior housing. She dressed herself. She walked, or as my kids would say, she scuffled. She gave, she listened, she loved.  ...
Feeling Grateful with Family and Friends

Feeling Grateful with Family and Friends

Last year at Thanksgiving, I wanted the focus of the meal to be around gratitude. Remembering an exercise I learned in graduate school, I modified it to fit my family and it was a huge success.  I am sharing it with you and your family as my gift to you this...
Luck Surface Area

Luck Surface Area

  My son Josh taught my daughter Katie about Luck Surface Area.  It is a concept coined by Jason Roberts from techzinglive.com. Katie gave this example of Luck Surface Area.  Imagine that every person begins life with a dartboard and one dart. Some of the...
The Benefit of a Fresh Perspective

The Benefit of a Fresh Perspective

I have had both the joy and the opportunity to vacation in Nags Head, NC for the past 23 years.  This year, we decided to go parasailing.  While being suspended, I was able to see the island of Nags Head as an island.  I saw the Kitty Hawk dunes where the Wright...