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Spiritual Economics
In the physical world of material things, if you give something away you have less. Spiritual economics, however, is a very different economics from the…
October 25, 2010The Big Forgive
Forgiveness has medicinal value. Anger and other stress-inducing emotions reduce life expectancy and increase risk of heart disease. After all, who can be at ease…
October 20, 2010Never Major in Minor Things
The New York Times recently reported, “In a magazine article seven years ago, the chief executive of the Journal Register Company, the publicly traded newspaper…
October 19, 2010Attitude Is the Edge
Attitude is NOT everything. I’m not fond of the sayings “Attitude is Everything,” or even “Your Attitude Determines your Altitude.” Why? Because they take a…
October 8, 2010Shinrin-yoku
Visiting nature for therapeutic benefit has become popular in Japan. The concept is known as Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing. A study of 280 healthy Japanese,…
September 17, 2010Celebrating Everyday Heroes
You see them every day. You may not realize it, or stop to think about it, or pause to appreciate them, but you do see…
September 14, 2010Three Kinds of People
One of the mental exercises that people seem to love is to break down the world into different kinds of people. In any organization, there…
September 7, 2010What is your HLP? (Highest Leverage Point)
Life is wonderful but it also is rather finite (anybody find a way out of here alive, please let me know). I want to make…
August 17, 2010Memo to My Company:
Please, please promise never to do this to our customers! Whenever I experience a mediocre customer service encounter, I think, “How can I learn from…
August 10, 2010Racquetball and Life
I play racquetball. I play racquetball a lot. I like to win. I like to win a lot. Even more, I like to play well,…
August 2, 2010Principled Profit
I believe in the power of free markets and capitalism to create prosperity, to harness and direct human potential. But sometimes that energy can run…
July 13, 2010