Monday Morning Mojo

“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

There is so much to do! So many cool things are going on! So many possibilities exist. Yet each is built upon this moment. Some say, this moment is all we have – the whole universe extends from there. Everything hinges on what you do right now. That sounds like a lot to consider! But,

I loved math in college. I could definitely have finished my graduate studies and become a math teacher – I think it’s still in me today. Sometimes I fantasize about that parallel universe. How might things have been different for me if I had finished graduate school instead of following the path I took, choosing

I am at Bennington College in Vermont, a potential location for my son’s academic home.  Together we sat in on student presentations and one was from a class entitled, Entangled Worlds. This course explores humanity’s significant impact on the Earth’s ecosystem. There is a new term that is being bandied about in scientific literature –

Going for a stroll in the wilderness earlier this week, with my son and dog, and an insight clearly emerged: The leaders I have been working with for the last 20 years are working on three important initiatives: 1. Becoming or Maintaining their Role as a Center of Excellence They have staked a claim in