Real Talk About Life–Blog-Podcast
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Life moves quickly. Work. School. Kids. Travel ball teams. Friends. Social media. Keeping up with pop culture and the latest Netflix series. You’ve got to have the right job that combines social consciousness and financial reward. All while saving the environment and being politically conscious and staying in great shape and finding time for yoga […]
Not long ago, a group of friends of mine were having an email discussion about a problem facing our nation at the time. They’re all good, well-intentioned and successful people. We all agreed that a certain behavior was deeply wrong, but we had deep disagreements about the nature of the problem and the best solution […]
If you are like many people, when you saw the title Why Faith is Critical to Your Business Success, you probably got uncomfortable. We’re not supposed to talk about faith and business together. We’ve been taught to see life segregated into two different areas: your public/work life versus your personal/private life. Work and business go […]
The college admissions cheating scandal is filling the news lately. I led a college prep high school for 14 years and put three daughters through college myself, so I’ve got some experience in that admissions game. Yes, the college admissions scandal is about cheating. Yes, the college admissions scandal is about wealthy people having a […]
A recent Wall Street Journal article, The Tech Whiz Behind Vine and HQ Trivia, tells the story of Colin Kroll. Professional Success Colin was a young, self-taught computer programmer who left Detroit In 2007 to go to New York City and do app coding. He worked 12-hour days at the office and did more work […]
Marine Corps Officer Candidate School Way back in the summer of 1985, I spent my June and July in a special kind of hell called Marine Corps Officer Candidates School—Marine OCS. Most people, when they hear the word “school”, think that Marine Officer Candidate School would be a place where you learned how to be […]
Tragedy, Unhappiness and Burnout This week I read an article about a 27-year old young woman who hanged herself in her New York apartment. She left her mother apology notes online and in her apartment that read she “felt absolutely nothing during what should have been the happiest and darkest times in my life.” The […]
Attacking the Bad and Stupid People So, America, are we pissed off at each other enough yet? It is seductive and easy to get pissed off at bad people. Stupid people. You know the ones. The idiots out there on the other side. The fake news ones. They are ignorant. Selfish. Hateful. They deserve whatever […]
Last week a writer from the millennial generation, Anne Helen Petersen, published an essay, “How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation”. My millennial daughter recommended it to me. She said Petersen’s article captured the way she and many in her age group feel about life. Petersen’s article is a good read that captures the real pain—the […]
Peggy Noonan and Magic Ponies… A few weeks ago, I made a quick post about a column by Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal about Americans—that’s you and me—and politics and “magic ponies.” With a new Congress coming in and the 2020 election already starting, it made sense to go into greater depth on […]
Merry Christmas! Just a week ago, we passed the Winter Solstice. Darkness dominates our days and sometimes our moods. Just days after the light begins its return, we celebrate Christmas—the birth of Jesus, Divine Love, into our world. Our Divided Nation Light and Love could not come at a better time. Despite all our […]
It is so easy to get caught up in the busy-ness of life and find the weeks, months and even years flying buy. We are chasing so many immediate things in life—getting the best job, getting our kids into the right schools and on the right sports teams, living in the right neighborhoods and driving […]
Over the last week, our nation has taken time to honor the life of George H.W. Bush, our 41st president. Thousands viewed him in the Capitol in Washington DC and in Houston. We televised two of this three funeral services. Thousands more stood along the tracks while his presidential train took him to his final […]
It’s time again for Thanksgiving! A History of Giving Thanks For most of our history, Americans have generally thought that life was hard deal. Life was tough. Difficult. Not supposed to be fair. If you worked hard and had some good luck, you might scratch out a decent life for yourself and your family. Maybe […]
The Marine Corps Birthday Last night, I took a friend of mine, Tony, out for an important evening. He’s 96 years old, a retired school superintendent, teacher and deacon. I think he is the father of seven. We went to an event that had about 200 people of all ethnic groups, ages 20 to 96. […]
Love and Happiness Today, we’re going to begin an ongoing conversation about the importance and power of love. Love is obviously a subject very present in our lives. When we are in love we’re happy. When we’re out of love we’re heartbroken and unhappy. We love our parents and our kids. Love is the subject […]
In this blog, we’ll talk about the Meaning of Life, Happiness, what that means and what you can start doing right now to achieve it. You can find a podcast version of this blog article on our website or iTunes. If you want to dive in to the issue of leadership, you can get my […]
In this blog, we are starting an ongoing discussion about leadership. First, we’ll talk about how fundamental leadership is in our lives. Then we’ll talk about definitions of leadership resulting in what I believe is the best definition of leadership. Finally, I am going to ask you to share your thoughts, experiences and questions about […]