Monday Morning Mojo

I am here in LA with my daughter, Ruchi, and wife, Laura. Laura took a class today in Hollywood on writing commerical music for television and movies. Mon-Wed I am in the Skid Row School for Large Scale Change, a class all about what it takes to have an initiative take off and go viral. […]

Do you want to be a superhero? You already are. What are your superpowers? They are many. The most important instrument you have, though, is your mindset.  It is how you look at the world, the frame through which you wield your experience and acumen. Do you see the gap between where you are today

Imagine you are looking dead ahead, out into the future and there is a single light beaming from your chest into the uncertain tomorrow. If you are like me that light is not made from a single purpose. I have multiple creative intents: family, health, visionary leaders I am supporting… they all call to me.

If you have ever had a goal that seems out of reach, beyond your ability, self transformation is the key to succeeding. Self transformation is the ability to intentionally provide yourself with experience that increases your abilities. It might be going to the gym regularly and long enough to feel your body change. It might

“Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories.” So says Robert Epstein, a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology in California, author of 15 books, and former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today. In his great Aeon essay, The Empty Brain, he hammers the point home: “…we are

I am putting together the elements of visionary leadership to develop a course. I came up with six essentials. Take a look and then write to me with your improvements. 1. Master the Basics of Business Leadership – every maestro has dominion over these rudiments:     A. Your business model – How does it work?

How far can you see into the future? There are some things that we are relatively certain about. For example, there’s a very good chance the sun is going to come up tomorrow (or we are going to rotate around to where it is visible from our place on the planet). Just the same, there

Bobby Jo Clow is a nature photographer. Her “greatest passion is capturing our amazing planet and its occupants with my camera.”  Her pictures are stunning – the tree on the right is decorated with lions. To see the full pic, visit her website where it is the first thing you see. Spending time in Africa

All four of us went out for Mother’s Day dinner. My wife, Laura, wanted to go cruising for sushi… checking out the best sushi restaurants to find one without an impossibly long line. So we all jumped in the car and headed out. We don’t go out as a group that often. It’s hard to

I am spending the weekend in Austin, Texas, my childhood home. Saturday I attended Eeyore’s Birthday Party, an eccentric gathering of Austin’s weird at Pease Park. I used to attend these events when I lived here as a teenager in the 70s.  It’s a celebration: alternative lifestyle partying. If anyone has kept the 60s alive