To do my job properly, I have to do a great deal of research. I read constantly—magazines, newspapers, and articles on the Internet. I watch news reports on cable and network television and have lost count of the videos I’ve researched. I listen to the radio as well as hundreds of audio tapes. I’ve been…
We read so very often about how much and how fast things are changing. I certainly can’t disagree with that fact because I write about it on our blog, and it’s a big part of our training and keynote material. However, there’s a flip side to this constant focus on change because there are so…
Negativity abounds across this country today. It has for months now. In this complex world, we yearn for simplicity to reduce the ever-growing level of stress. The holiday season is upon us now, and we’ve been given an early gift. It is simplicity personified. It brings a smile to a frowning face, triggers memories we…
I’m afraid I’m getting a complex … another one, I mean. This one involves these crazy questions that no one seems to be able to answer. And they just keep coming. I can’t get over the fact that these questions have lingered out there for what seems forever, and no one, other than myself, seems…
I recently addressed a group of close to 300 parents and college-bound high school graduates in what turned out to be a very educational, eye-opening experience for me and everyone in attendance. The evening was designed to mentally and emotionally prepare both students and parents for the new and very unique experience of moving from…
Television, radio, books, magazines, newspapers, billboards, seminars, the Internet (sites and blogs) … everywhere you look you’re hearing about change! All the Presidential candidates are preaching change from coast to coast, but do you really think you’re going to see it? On one hand, I see examples of change every single day. I can’t and won’t…
Thus far we’ve provided questions that could be categorized as “obvious questions that simply aren’t asked or answered.” Every time we add some, we discover another multitude of questions that certainly should qualify for this growing list. I’m not talking about questions that will end wars, abolish poverty, cure all diseases, or eliminate the world’s…
Every now and then I read something in the newspaper that leads me to believe that I’m being “punked.” The following comments recently appeared in The Washington Times. I had to verify it via a number of other resources. Let me remind you that this is another decision that was suggested, agreed upon, and carried…
Some things are so simplistic they become too complicated to comprehend. I often find myself just shaking my head in total bewilderment. This happens most often with governmental issues. I’ve been watching this particular situation for quite some time now, and it continues to worsen. See if it makes any ¢ENTS to you. Last year,…