My son, Gabe, and I hit the trail over the last two weeks for the Pacific NorthWest. It was our annual sojourn. I was conscious that next year will likely be his last summer at home before he is off to college. In that sense it was the trip of a lifetime. Of course, in […]
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My son, Gabe, and I are in the Pacific Northwest for our annual father-son trip. We will drive down to San Francisco by the end of the week. We are visiting a couple of colleges on the way. Today we were in practically the most northwestern part of the continental United States. There we spent
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To get in shape, you exercise regularly. To improve your diet, it’s almost every meal. Same for your brain. If you want to adjust your own attitude, improve your mental state or shift your consciousness, you do something every day: listen to new speakers, read different writers, let original artists into your life. Our minds
I attended the wedding of a close friend, Nathania, this weekend with my family. After the rehearsal dinner my son and I were on our way out. As we said good-night to the bride-to-be, she made the time to step away from her guests and speak to my son, Gabe, a rising senior, about what
Interplanetary travel could be a step closer after scientists confirmed that an electromagnetic propulsion drive, which is fast enough to get to the Moon in four hours, actually works. The FDA is approving 3D printed spinal implants. Last week OPM announced the first ever, and currently only, 3D printed polymer, load-bearing device for implantation received
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We all know a little about what is going to happen tomorrow, don’t we? There’s the sun coming up for starters. And if you make a list of no-brainer certainties, it’s actually pretty long. Put them all together and it starts to lay out the near term pretty well. But, there’s no surprises in there.
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Besides the fact that you read Monday Morning Mojo, there is concrete evidence that you are amazing – you freaking rock! Here is just the tip of the iceberg: 1. You have never given up on the areas that are most important to you. You have persistence. 2. You see the big picture in your
What is it that fuels your fire, turns your nut, infuses you with passion and energy? And how often is it part of your life? I need to turn my inner flywheel daily. There are particular activities that do it for me: walking my dog, Sita; working out; meditating. All of these are special times
Grand Challenges are bold and powerful goals that leaders take on to make the world a better place. I am now working with five leaders helping to define and launch their organization’s Grand Challenges. Our world’s biggest challenges are also our biggest opportunities. My mission is to help launch 100s of Grand Challenges over the
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The genesis of Floosh: Ruchi, my 12 yr old daughter, and I are driving home from picking up our dog, Sita. Sita puts her paw on the divider between the passenger and driver seat. I discipline her: “No, Sita.” Ruchi says, “Why can’t she put her paw there?” Me,”Because it is the first step into
