Wisdom, Leadership & Success

Episode #0110 Millennials: Pursuing Happiness and Avoiding Burnout

January 15, 2019 18:43 - 15 minutes - 18.8 MB

Last week a writer from the millennial generation, Anne Helen Petersen, published an essay, “How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation”. My millennial daughter recommended it to me. She said Petersen’s article captured the way she and many in her age group feel about life. Petersen’s article is a good read that captures the real pain—the burnout—that millennials are feeling today. Before any conservatives out there automatically dismiss her article because it’s on the liberal Buzzfeed w...

Want a Better America? We Must Become Better Leaders Ourselves

January 03, 2019 21:43 - 13 minutes - 14.6 MB

Peggy Noonan and Magic Ponies... A few weeks ago, I made a quick post about a column by Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal about Americans—that’s you and me—and politics and “magic ponies.” With a new Congress coming in and the 2020 election already starting, it made sense to go into greater depth on this issue. Noonan argues that Americans are voting for “magic ponies” like Trump and Obama based too much on emotion and not enough on their experience and judgment. She is correct. That...

Episode #0109 Want a Better America? We Must Become Better Leaders Ourselves

January 03, 2019 13:43 - 13 minutes - 14.6 MB

Peggy Noonan and Magic Ponies... A few weeks ago, I made a quick post about a column by Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal about Americans—that’s you and me—and politics and “magic ponies.” With a new Congress coming in and the 2020 election already starting, it made sense to go into greater depth on this issue. Noonan argues that Americans are voting for “magic ponies” like Trump and Obama based too much on emotion and not enough on their experience and judgment. She is correct. That...

Christmas Love Can Heal Our Divided Nation

December 28, 2018 04:12 - 9 minutes - 10 MB

Merry Christmas! Just a week ago, we passed the Winter Solstice. Darkness dominates our days and sometimes our moods. Just days after the light begins its return, we celebrate Christmas—the birth of Jesus, Divine Love, into our world. Our Divided Nation Light and Love could not come at a better time. Despite all our technology, wealth, knowledge and progress, we are in a bitter time. Our nation is deeply divided economically, socially and politically. We are spending enormous amounts of...

Episode #0108 Christmas Love Can Heal Our Divided Nation

December 27, 2018 20:12 - 9 minutes - 10 MB

Merry Christmas! Just a week ago, we passed the Winter Solstice. Darkness dominates our days and sometimes our moods. Just days after the light begins its return, we celebrate Christmas—the birth of Jesus, Divine Love, into our world. Our Divided Nation Light and Love could not come at a better time. Despite all our technology, wealth, knowledge and progress, we are in a bitter time. Our nation is deeply divided economically, socially and politically. We are spending enormous amounts of...

Three Reasons “Why” Is Important For Your Success

December 20, 2018 22:55 - 14 minutes - 15.7 MB

It is so easy to get caught up in the busy-ness of life and find the weeks, months and even years flying buy. We are chasing so many immediate things in life—getting the best job, getting our kids into the right schools and on the right sports teams, living in the right neighborhoods and driving the right cars—that it is easy to lose sight of what life is about. And that’s dangerous. There are two things in life that are certain: death and taxes. If you don’t pay attention to your taxes, t...

Episode #0107 Three Reasons “Why” Is Important For Your Success

December 20, 2018 14:55 - 14 minutes - 15.7 MB

It is so easy to get caught up in the busy-ness of life and find the weeks, months and even years flying buy. We are chasing so many immediate things in life—getting the best job, getting our kids into the right schools and on the right sports teams, living in the right neighborhoods and driving the right cars—that it is easy to lose sight of what life is about. And that’s dangerous. There are two things in life that are certain: death and taxes. If you don’t pay attention to your taxes, t...

Episode #0106 George Bush Life, Legacy, Lessons, Love, America

December 09, 2018 23:35 - 16 minutes - 17.5 MB

Over the last week, our nation has taken time to honor the life of George H.W. Bush, our 41st president. Thousands viewed him in the Capitol in Washington DC and in Houston. We televised two of this three funeral services. Thousands more stood along the tracks while his presidential train took him to his final resting place in College Station, Texas. Honor is the respect we owe someone because of the kind of person he or she is. For the character that they demonstrate. We have spent the last...

Thanksgiving: Be The Blessing to Others

November 23, 2018 02:25 - 12 minutes - 12.7 MB

It’s time again for Thanksgiving! A History of Giving Thanks For most of our history, Americans have generally thought that life was hard deal. Life was tough. Difficult. Not supposed to be fair. If you worked hard and had some good luck, you might scratch out a decent life for yourself and your family. Maybe even a life a little better than your parents had. Hard work and suffering developed toughness, resilience, character and leadership. So, when something good happened—perhaps a good ha...

Episode #0105 Thanksgiving: Be The Blessing to Others

November 22, 2018 18:25 - 12 minutes - 12.7 MB

It’s time again for Thanksgiving! A History of Giving Thanks For most of our history, Americans have generally thought that life was hard deal. Life was tough. Difficult. Not supposed to be fair. If you worked hard and had some good luck, you might scratch out a decent life for yourself and your family. Maybe even a life a little better than your parents had. Hard work and suffering developed toughness, resilience, character and leadership. So, when something good happened—perhaps a good ha...

Parent, Business Leader & Citizen: What We Can Learn from the Marine Corps

November 14, 2018 00:07 - 16 minutes - 17.4 MB

The Marine Corps Birthday Last night, I took a friend of mine, Tony, out for an important evening. He’s 96 years old, a retired school superintendent, teacher and deacon. I think he is the father of seven. We went to an event that had about 200 people of all ethnic groups, ages 20 to 96. It included a billionaire, federal judges, musicians, attorneys, business people, and moms and dads. Blue collar and white collar. A diverse group bound by one thing: the birthday we share as US Marines. It’...

Episode #0104 Parent, Business Leader & Citizen: What We Can Learn from the Marine Corps

November 13, 2018 16:07 - 16 minutes - 17.4 MB

The Marine Corps Birthday Last night, I took a friend of mine, Tony, out for an important evening. He’s 96 years old, a retired school superintendent, teacher and deacon. I think he is the father of seven. We went to an event that had about 200 people of all ethnic groups, ages 20 to 96. It included a billionaire, federal judges, musicians, attorneys, business people, and moms and dads. Blue collar and white collar. A diverse group bound by one thing: the birthday we share as US Marines. It’...

Episode #0103 Do You Believe in Love

November 06, 2018 21:17 - 14 minutes - 14.9 MB

Love and Happiness Today, we’re going to begin an ongoing conversation about the importance and power of love. Love is obviously a subject very present in our lives. When we are in love we’re happy. When we’re out of love we’re heartbroken and unhappy. We love our parents and our kids. Love is the subject of more than half the hit songs on the radio. As present as love is in our lives, I don’t think we have a good understanding of love. Maybe we’re too familiar with it. Maybe we take it for...

Episode # 0102 The Meaning of Life--Happiness

October 30, 2018 19:48 - 10 minutes - 12.5 MB

In this blog, we’ll talk about the Meaning of Life, Happiness, what that means and what you can start doing right now to achieve it. You can find a podcast version of this blog article on our website or iTunes. If you want to dive in to the issue of leadership, you can get my book, “On Leadership, What’s Broken in Our Society and How We Fix It” on Amazon.com. What is Happiness? If you ask people what they want in life, they’ll almost always tell you that they want Happiness. Isn’t that what...

Episode #0101 Best Definition of Leadership

September 25, 2018 12:38 - 11 minutes - 12.2 MB

In this blog, we are starting an ongoing discussion about leadership. First, we’ll talk about how fundamental leadership is in our lives. Then we’ll talk about definitions of leadership resulting in what I believe is the best definition of leadership. Finally, I am going to ask you to share your thoughts, experiences and questions about leadership. I want to hear what you think and why. This is a discussion, after all! Real talk about life. You can find a podcast version of this blog article...