Seventy-seven years ago MGM produced one of the best films of all time – – The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz. It was a 1939 film starring Judy Garland, and has been used over the years to highlight principles for both leading and living. The key principle is personal accountability.  Dorothy, Tin Man, Lion and Scarecrow,...Read More

Americans are saying, “I just don’t know who to trust anymore.” According to the latest poll, 75% of Americans do not trust most companies. This includes a lot of nonprofits as well. Trust is key to an individual’s or a company’s success, yet only in recent years has any thoughtful discussion of anything to do...Read More

One evening, I went out to dinner with friends and enjoyed a great conversation. But the next morning, when I woke up, I realized that a couple of new responsibilities were now on my agenda. Somehow, I had agreed to call an acquaintance to ask a favor. Plus, I offered to help raise funds for...Read More

The crack of a bullwhip is one of the most attention-getting sounds we can hear.  It’s mostly associated with pain and punishment by both receiver and inflictor.  The crack! is the result of the light piece of leather at the end going faster than the speed of sound.  The sharp crack! is the breaking of...Read More

The study of happiness goes back thousands of years.  So much of it deals with the human brain.  The experts—neurologists–remind us that the brain is still a mystery.  Yet it is helpful at a layman’s level to understand some basic things about the way our brains function in relationship to happiness. For the past few...Read More

Time management can be a way of avoiding the obvious. No one can manage time. Time just is. It flows like a river. But unlike a river, you can’t stop it or store it up. There is no dam to stop or store time. We live in a time/space continuum. Which means that time =...Read More