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February 2019

February 01, 2019

Feedback is Essential for Effective Communication

It is a bizarre human phenomena. One of us can say something and another hear...

January 2019

January 30, 2019

Why Are We Addicted to Drama?

My brother once dated a girl and the two of them constantly got on my...

January 28, 2019

How Your 2019 Patterns Will Define Your Year

There is a fascinating verse in the Bible that says this: “Anyone who falls on...

January 25, 2019

The Value of Admitting Fault

One of the hardest things for us to do is admit when we are wrong....

January 23, 2019

The Value of Consequences

The truth is, we don’t like consequences. At least, we don’t like the ones we...

January 21, 2019

Can Anyone Be A Leader?

As we’ve traveled around the country doing leadership training, we read lots of books on...

January 18, 2019

What Are Your Emotions Telling You?

The New Year is underway. The holiday season is on the downswing as 2019 gets...

January 16, 2019

The Gap Between Expectations and Reality

Expectations are a tricky thing. On the one hand, it is healthy to expect certain...

January 14, 2019

What Truly Motivates You?

In this season of new beginnings, all of us are contemplating change to one degree...

January 11, 2019

How Our Vernacular Shapes Culture

There is perhaps nothing more definitive for a culture than language. A shared vernacular helps...

January 09, 2019

How To Tell The Difference Between Fact and Truth

Seeking truth is a complicated struggle. Trying to discover what is real and what is...

January 07, 2019

One Simple Practice to Heal Your Communication Woes

The holidays are full of merriment and cheer. Mostly. One thing that can get in...

January 04, 2019

Ten Most Viewed Blogs of 2018

As 2019 is getting underway, we thought it would be fun to post a list...

January 02, 2019

How Progress Happens, From the Inside Out

Life can certainly feel like we are stuck on the tumble cycle. Round and round...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

How to Exercise Self-Control

We live in New York City and almost every day, there is a news story...

December 28, 2018

Why Blame Doesn’t Work

If you are anything like me, as soon as things go badly, you look around...

December 26, 2018

5 Things That Impair Our Vision

One of the best parts of being a New Yorker is walking around the city....

December 24, 2018

The Miracle on Wall Street

I have to admit; we had a totally different plan for the blog today. But...

December 21, 2018

12 Days To a Meaningful Life

With the holidays in full swing and the end of the year fast approaching, it...

December 19, 2018

How to Minimize the Depth of Our Despair

New Yorkers have a lot of strange habits. We live in a unique city, and...

December 17, 2018

The Human Condition — A Chorus of Opportunity

I had the opportunity to go to a Christmas concert the other day. It was...

December 14, 2018

3 Steps to Make Sure Your Goals Are Right

A small little holiday tradition has developed in our house. The construction of a thousand-piece...

December 12, 2018

How To Transform Words Into Action

All of us want to change. We want to be better. At least we claim...

December 10, 2018

How Truth Can Destroy Your Relationship

I've been watching a true crime documentary on Netflix. The newly retained defense lawyer met...

December 07, 2018

What Your Attitude Says About You

One of the reasons clothes are so important in our society is because it communicates...

December 05, 2018

Making The Most Of Our Circumstances

Everyday, without fail, things happen. Life is a long list of events. Circumstances are the...

December 03, 2018

How to Widen Boundaries While Maintaining Discipline

It is difficult to establish boundaries. Whether for ourselves, like in implementing an exercise regiment,...

November 2018

November 30, 2018

When Is Quitting Okay?

Our culture looks down on quitters. Quitting is a shameful behavior. But, at the same time, we...

November 28, 2018

The Relationship Between Values and Vision

Two of the most important arenas for humans to engage are their values and their...

November 26, 2018

Does Your Life Vision Measure Up?

There is nothing that drives the trajectory of life more than vision. Where we are...