I Am The Greatest!
Over the weekend one of the most famous people on the planet left us. Muhammad Ali slipped away at age 74 due to a respiratory ailment. When you talk about people who changed the world, Ali is certainly one of them. His accolades include winning a gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics, becoming the […]
Perception is Reality; Not really
You’ve heard it said, “Perception is reality.” What that means is how someone experiences something has a huge impact on their thoughts, emotions and behavior but, make no mistake about it, perception is not always reality. Take two people who experience the very same thing but react completely differently. Suppose they are turned down for […]
My Name is Brian and You Are?
In his classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie wrote, “Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” There is no word that catches our attention more than our name. That’s why you can be in a noisy, crowded area, straining to listen […]
That Silent Nudge
Have you ever experienced any of the following? You reviewed an email and felt something was off but you couldn’t put your finger on it. Eventually you sent it after rereading it one more time only to notice an error just after hitting send! You left the house and felt something wasn’t right. You mentally […]
Man’s Need to Add Meaning
Over the years I’ve watched many of the Ken Burns PBS documentaries while running on my treadmill. I started with The War (WWII), and then it was on to Prohibition, The Dust Bowl, The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, and most recently The Roosevelts. If you’ve never seen any of them I can’t encourage you enough […]
