What makes the special bond between two beings? Here is my daughter Ruchi sleeping with Betsy, our Cairn-Bischon mutt. The day Ruchi first arrived in our house from India she was enamored with Betsy, petting her and covering her with blankets. Apparently the feeling was mutual because Betsy let her do these things. Over the last 2 […]
Last week, just after an engagement in Puerto Rico, I visited my good friends, Donald and Rosie in Vieques, which is a tiny island off the coast of the larger island. I crossed the water in an 8-seat plane. It was a parenthesis inside of a fabulous business trip. Donald and Rosie took good care
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When I focus on something intensively, I often find that there are three stages that repeat themselves: Building capacity Repetition and refinement Breakthrough I have been rediscovering this through my recent pursuits in weight lifting. First I had no capacity. I just could not do some of the exercises that I wanted to do. So,
When you listen to the news they talk about the state of the economy. But, there’s a problem with that. There are really two economies at play in today’s market. There is the traditional economy and the creative economy. That’s what Steve Denning told me last week and I agree with him. The traditional economy is
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In 1969 Mae West negotiated a contract after a 26 year hiatus at the age of 76, in which she got top billing over the leading lady, Raquel Welch, as well as a handsome fee and the ability to write her own lines. That’s her at 76 to the left. It was a long way
Last night my daughter, Ruchi, made her first batch of pancakes. But, it wasn’t just her first set of pancakes, it was the first meal that she cooked beginning to end without an adult hand in the mix. I was close by to make sure the gas burner was handled correctly and the oil in
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Did you ever have one of those days where you thought to yourself that things are so complicated or screwed up that there’s not much hope left for the world? Well, I have the perfect antidote: Move This World! Move This World uses creative movement as a vehicle to transform conflict, violence and bullying. They
Just a little more than seven years ago on November 12, 2006 my good friend, Rob Cahill, came to my house to have a conversation about my life calling. He brought questions that established a personal and spiritual context. We talked for four hours and recorded the whole thing. I was babysitting my eight-year-old son,
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In 1964 Isaac Asimov, the great science fiction writer, published an article in the New York Times. In it he made predictions for 2014, some of which were incredibly accurate: By 2014, electroluminescent panels will be in common use. Gadgetry will continue to relieve mankind of tedious jobs. Complete lunches and dinners, with the food
Yesterday my father joined Facebook. He is 81. Always ready to face a new frontier. He has let go of his reservations to join a new community, ready to explore a new world. Where will you be a pioneer in 2014? What new thresholds will you cross? And what will you give up? I am
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