No matter how much we think we shouldn’t judge others, we are conditioned to do it.  Making quick judgments can lead to regrets.  We narrate and share stories about others – usually without most of the facts.  We know that caution should be used when making judgments about someone’s character or choices.  Largely these are...Read More

When the top 5 regrets of the dying were listed, the number one was, “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself; not the life others expected of me.” Of course this is hindsight, and hindsight is 20/20.  But what if we could do it over again?  The good news is...Read More

All of us have an innate drive to succeed.  Yet everywhere we look it seems like others are sliding into success.  Their launch seems effortless.  Gravity is holding us down.  We don’t have the power for a successful liftoff.  We are stuck on the Launchpad. In the aerospace world this is known as “escape velocity.” ...Read More

It’s been quite a month. Two notable deaths, and the remembrance of one notable birth. Two notable men gone. Kim Jong II. He was the dictator/god of North Korea, a man from the East. Christopher Hitchens was the iconic leader of the emerging atheist class of the West. Neither one died because they were penniless....Read More