Since I’m still actively working, I can’t speak with credibility about retiring from a paid job. But I do have experience with another...

I write these words on the 200th anniversary of Frederick Douglass’ birth. He lived, worked, and was buried just a few miles from my home...

There’s a Buddhist story about a young widower with a five-year-old son. When the father returned from a business trip, he discovered to...

When I was younger, I had lots of definitive and unyielding answers. As I get older, I have mostly questions. That’s been good for my...

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for.” Grace Hopper, Rear Admiral, United States Navy A life can be...

As I sat down to lunch with an executive client, she checked a text coming in from her daughter. A few seconds later, I heard, “Thank...

For most of my life, I have had an aversion to waste and have made an effort to prevent and reduce it. I have always looked at it as a...

A few years ago, I wanted to swim 1.9 miles across Cayuga Lake in Upstate, NY. I thought, “The Ironman marathoners do it routinely. With...

In my August 2017 blog, I brought up the word “radical” to reclaim its proper meaning: “Getting to the root.” When encountering...

Too often in our society a popular word takes on a different meaning than its original. This fate has befallen the word "radical." Not...