Getting people to change is hard.  It’s hard to get anyone to change their mind on seemingly trivial things like their favorite pop star, let alone the foods they’ve been eating their whole lives. Being unable to change someone’s mind or behavior on little stuff...

Martin Luther King Jr. was a gifted orator. He was a deep thinker. He was highly intelligent. Even as a young man, he was a wise man.  In researching King, I came across an article entitled “The Purpose of Education” he wrote for the Maroon Tiger, the campus...

Do you take vitamins?  How often do you take them?  There have been times in my life I’ve taken them everyday. There have also been times I’ve stopped taking them altogether.  Then there are those times I’ve guzzled Emergen-C because I was getting on an...

Think about the person in your life who is really struggling. I don’t mean someone who is struggling with psychological or substance problems. The person who just can’t seem to get out of their own way. Who is it? Would you let that person watch your kids for a...

I want to have a happy kid.  You want to have a happy kid.  Let’s talk about making that happen.  There was an amazing man named Chief Seattle whose impact will continue to be felt for generations. In a famous speech, he talked about how development and...

Teach your children well How do you teach a kid to ride a bike?  Do you tell them how to do it? Do you read them a book, maybe the user’s manual? Do you watch a video? No, of course not. You show them how to do it.  How do you teach a kid about money? ...

Yin and Yang is a Chinese philosophical concept that describes how opposites may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent on one another.  The battle between good and evil is constant and complicated. In his book The Gulag Archipelago,...

My purpose in writing this is not to change your opinion, or to bring you around to my way of thinking. I’m not trying to tell you what to think.  What I am interested in doing is helping you think better. A big part of succeeding at life involves constantly...

“The trouble is, you think you have time.” - Jack Kornfield  Too many of us are waiting.  We’re waiting for the right time, the right opportunity, the right person, etc.  We’re waiting to be noticed, chosen, or given permission.  We’re waiting for...