This is a guest post by Dr. David Powers who is a Cultural Architect, combining the worlds of futurist, informationist, and counselor into one. Considered a human puzzlemaster, he has a penchant for assembling random bits and bytes into workable…
The first Avon lady was a man. David H. McConnell was a big city bookseller. In 1892, when the perfume he used to reward loyal customers proved more popular than his paperbacks, he dumped the books and began promoting only…
This is a guest post by Kimanzi Constable, a former bread delivery guy who self-published two books that have sold over 86,000 copies. In the last year he has lost 170 pounds and moved his family to Maui, Hawaii. You…
There are two bluebird families making nests outside my window this morning. A group of robins are getting their morning drink from our feeder. The chickadees are moving into a newly hung birdhouse as well. A brave groundhog just ambled…
This is an excerpt from the new 48 Days to the Work You Love. The story here still breaks my heart when I recall it: Pastor Jones sat in my office, slouched down in the big chair, struggling to relay…
Joanne and I just returned from several days in Chicago – our annual pre-Christmas jaunt to relax, enjoy the lights, and celebrate Joanne’s birthday. We ate at our favorite restaurants, strolled through the decorated stores, browsed in art galleries, enjoyed a dinner…
Management guru Peter Drucker always recommended that you examine every part of your business regularly to determine if there is anything you are doing now that you wouldn’t do again if you could start over. What if you did this…
A couple of years ago, when Joanne and I had a weekly radio show, we went to the company Christmas luncheon. As a show host we were treated to lunch and lots of other goodies. One of the other goodies was the privilege…
We are now familiar with “horse whisperers” as people who are unusually gifted at calming wild horses. In the 1998 movie, Robert Redford played the man who knew that violence is never the answer. Well, that same principle is growing…
I recently worked with a 60 year-old gentleman who was living in a week-to-week motel room. Four years ago he was in a banking position with a six-figure income, first class flights and lots of perks. As a result of…