Monday Morning Mojo

I love strategy because it’s all about improving our situation, figuring out how to to get from where we are to a better place. In my work I help executives innovate and design the game plans that help their organizations grow and improve. The same can be applied to one’s position in life. When there

Recently I have been exploring what it takes to excel at life. In particular, I have come across the notion of “radical self-care.” This is the idea that caring for yourself is a profound activity that improves every aspect of the one great instrument at your disposal: yourself. We know from the study of change

Walking through Greenwich Village a few weeks ago on my way to a client’s office, I came upon the Paparazzi Dogs pictured above. Canines wielding cameras! It was a welcome and fun diversion on my journey. I took the time to take in each one of the sculptures. These whimsical characters really caught my eye.

July 4 I was walking through The Mission in San Francisco, admiring the street murals. We turned the corner to head up to Dolores Park, It was a beautiful day and there were at least 1,000 people gathered there to dance and party together. On 18th Street, there in front of us was El Edificio

My son and I arrived in Phoenix to 115 degree heat, drove up to Monument Valley, over to the Grand Canyon and then the Hoover Dam. All the while temperatures were at least 105. But none of these days reached the record-breaking heat that the workers on the dam experienced their first summer on the

My son and I visited the V Bar V petroglyphs outside Sedona, Arizona, Saturday. The rock walls contained over 1,000 of these ancient pictures, many on top of each other. We were greeted by a guide who used the contraption shown in the image above to explain to us how a handful of the pictures

My daughter Ruchi celebrated her fifth grade promotion this week. When I was in fifth grade we didn’t have a “promotion.” It’s like a graduation, preparing the youngsters for sixth grade. For one evening, Ruchi dressed up and put on a special dress. She was all smiles. Not the norm for a 14-year-old! I ran

My son, Gabe, and I are preparing for our annual father-son trip. This year, we will be in the American southwest. You can see our planned route above, starting in Phoenix, Arizona, and ending up in San Francisco, California. Along the way we will be visiting Canyon de Chelly, still being farmed by Native Americans

We all have times in our lives when we are called to do something we never would have chosen, some great turning or milestone that comes to us as a fact of life, like the passing of a loved one or an abrupt end to a job, or some other trial that throws us so