Monday Morning Mojo

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

Sunday was my son’s 18th birthday – a real milestone on the road to adulthood. In about 6 months he’ll be setting off for college. This transition is filled with a mixture of emotions. My wife and I are sad to see him off, but happy that he is high-spirited and excited about the next

After running CEO groups for 12 years, I launched a class for tomorrow’s CEOs earlier this month. It was at the suggestion of a couple of the CEOs I work with regularly. The class went spectacularly well. I encouraged and enlivened by the spirits of the participants. Eager, hungry, thoughtful, smart. There is nothing like

When you make the committment to transform your body, you go to the gym.  But, it’s not a one-shot deal. You go regularly.  Physical fitness takes consistent effort and sustained action.  It’s the same with mindset. That is why people read devotionals, religious texts with daily passages. Every day they focus their minds on spiritual

Issy Sharp, the Canadian hotelier, noted in the early days of his career that there were two types of hotels in Canada, his homeland. The first type was small, with a limited number of rooms. These little facilities provided highly customized service to their guests. As there were only a few rooms it was easy