The eternal search for happiness – we want it, but we seem wired more for dissatisfaction. We get something we think will make us happy and soon we’re looking for the next thing. Somehow human achievement and happiness don’t seem to fit together. If I’m always working to be more, to grow, how can I […]

What do we usually try to motivate others with? Well, with what motivates us, of course! If you love the acquisition of wealth, you think everyone else does too. If you are a chocoholic, you can’t imagine NOT being motivated by a king size Snickers bar. In fact, you might regard those who are not […]

” To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.” – E.E. Cummings I believe no truer words were ever spoken. It is so hard to remain […]

Almost everyone is familiar with the idea of committing a Random Act of Kindness – an action you take for someone unasked and for which you expect nothing in return. It’s often done anonymously. It could be something as simple as leaving a piece of candy on someone’s desk or holding the door for a […]

Life is good at teaching us lessons – keeping us on our toes when things get too easy. Like many of you, I called my Mom in May to wish her a happy Mother’s Day. She told me she had a cold that just wouldn’t go away. She had finally been to the doctor about […]