How To Stay Positive In Dark Times

I am no stranger to social disruption because I grew up during the 1960’s, one of the most painful decades in the life of our country.  However, I will have to admit that the sheer volume and bitter rancor that we saw last week was in many ways even more Read more…

7 Reasons To Own Less

I encounter a lot of stress not only in my own life but especially with the executives I coach through my company.  One of the self inflicted wounds in this overload world we live in is caused by the demands our stuff places on us just to maintain what we Read more…

Signs You Are On The Verge Of Burnout

The two high profile suicides this past week should cause us all to take an honest look at our emotional margin.  We blow off all the seemingly temporary cycles of discouragement and frustration.  What we miss is the chronic pattern of negative behavior that are clearly warning signs of a Read more…

How Long Hours And Less Sleep Impact Our Character

The quality of my daily decisions comes down many times to how much margin do I have physically, emotionally and spiritually.  Its impossible to sustain good character based decisions when you are already looking for a shortcut because you have nothing left to give.  This Forbes post will drive home Read more…

Defining The Elusive Work-Life Balance

There is this constant tension between the priorities of learning and living.  The first stage of improvement is to learn something new that will help you set new goals.  I have reached that point several years ago on this subject but I still find myself having a very hard time Read more…