Monday Morning Mojo

In the late 1980s I decided to become a storyteller. I parlayed my theater experience into one of the oldest art forms on the planet. I learned Beowulf, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Australian Aboriginal DreamTime myths, Native American teaching stories, and I made up my own tales, too. The picture at the right was taken in 1996 at my annual […]

Sometimes it’s good to let your self-image go and just let others see you as they do, even if it’s not in a flattering light. I purchased a cartoon of myself just to enjoy the experience. There were many reactions, from “Well done! I want one, too!” to “That’s horrible. You’re not going to show

Just over a week ago my family took a trip up to the Montgomery County Circuit Courthouse in Rockville, Maryland. It was the last step in a very long process. Our daughter is now officially ours in the eyes of Uncle Sam and a US citizen. It’s an odd situation. For the last two and

This weekend my son, Gabe, went to Holi, an Indian holiday where everyone is given bags of colored powder that they throw on everyone else.  There is also a ton of music, tablas, chanting, and an outdoor party atmosphere. Holi is a spring festival also known as the festival of colors and the festival of

My wife, Laura, wanted to get rid of that red couch for some time. The deal was finally sealed when my German Shepherd puppy, Sita, chewed a big hole right in the front. In the picture you can see the hole just under Sita’s front paw. The pup (now 106#) was teething and though we

That’s what my daughter, Ruchi, said to me last night just a couple of hours before I wrote this down. She was bragging about how she had hacked into our family computer. To the right you see the two of us at the diner Sunday morning. She is holding up a milkshake she is proud

Here in DC we are with snow again!  This has to be a great year to be a kid; the snow keeps coming adjacent to the weekends forcing schools to close. This is the 5th such snow in the last 3 months! Are these snows inconveniences? Not if you’re ready!  By ready I don’t mean

If you find yourself dissatisfied with your own performance, here is an assessment that will uncover what you can do about it.  When it comes to those things you can influence, these five factors are what enable you to deliver results. To the extent than any one is weak or inadequate, your performance will be

Just about the time this newsletter goes out, 3am est, the snow is supposed to hit in earnest bringing us 5-9″ here in Washington, DC. As it is a Monday the kids will have another day off from school, an extension of the weekend. This is the next in a long series of snows that

Last week I was in Tampa with a group of colleagues. We meet every five months or so to help each other with our business strategies, all solopreneurs like myself with advanced practices. Almost as soon as we gathered we created a visual that we called the Axis of Vulnerability to describe our work at