Can We Achieve a “United” State?

I’ve heard people comment that technology is making the world “smaller” but really, it makes it possible for me to connect to more of the world and when I do it makes my world bigger. Whether or not it makes it better is up to me. It is up to me how I interpret my story – do I tell it with love or with hate, with acceptance and tolerance or with vengeance and resentment? It is up to me to connect to the stories of others and to listen long enough to find the ties that bind us together as human beings.

Jan 30, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

The Perfect Gift – A sequel to “Adding Joy Wherever You Go”

In April of 2009 I sat on a full flight, headed for a conference in Phoenix, AZ, reading an early draft of a book called Go-Givers Sell More by my friends Bob Burg and John David Mann. I was in the center seat with a large gentleman to my right and another to my left. [...]

Dec 04, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

A Rose by Any Other Name

Still cannot be forced to bloom. “Personal growth is not something to be forced but something to be nurtured and guided – an organic evolution of self. Plant yourself in fertile soil and welcome both the sunshine and the rain. The glory is in the bloom, but the essence is in the roots.” As a [...]

Nov 11, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post

The Raging Holiday Debate

As we again approach the end of the year we enter into the notorious “holiday season.” This year it seems, more than any year I remember, the debate over the appropriate holiday well wishes is front and center everywhere I look. Now maybe it has to do with where I look – Facebook groups, twitter [...]

Dec 16, 2009 | 31 comments | View Post

The Go-Giver Five Laws – It takes the entire spectrum

Never say never – it finally happened! Everyone who knows me knows I dread getting in front of a camera. It wasn’t quite a phobia but a close approximation. Then I got inspired by the words of a 19 year old entrepreneur whose entry for the Go-Giver tour contest was so authentic, so natural and [...]

Apr 19, 2009 | 4 comments | View Post

The Perfect Gift – The “giving season” is upon us – shed some joy where ever you go

Ah, the search for that perfect gift. The one that will light up his or her face, the one that will never be returned or regifted. It’s that time of year again when we know we should be celebrating the joy of the season but we’re stretching our budgets and our time, trying to make [...]

Nov 30, 2008 | 6 comments | View Post