“We are terrible at grieving,” says Angela Schellenberg. “We can get better by carrying grief’s momentary compassion forward.“ When loss hits someone you know, make sure that person isn’t alone at the loneliest moments of life, says Schellenberg. Don’t ask,…

V.  Try New Things If you sat down for 30 minutes with a blank sheet of paper, how many things could you come up with that you’d like to try?  My wife and I are doing that, in effect, but…

Last one. I promise. For now. To close out this quarter — EXCERPT: In business, the concept of the premortem was coined by cognitive psychologist Gary Klein, and the late Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman called it “a brilliant idea.” The goal is…

Fear not. There is hope — Radical doability means focusing on a limited number of goals at a time. If 2025 is your year for getting fit, it probably isn’t also the time to start decluttering your home or learning…

IV.  Make No Obligations For 33 years, I’ve lived a life of obligations.   Years upon years of meetings to attend, “Can’t Miss Conferences” places I absolutely HAD to be.  Reports to produce.  PowerPoints to present.  Analysis to conduct. Meetings to…

“Honor your father and mother” is the first commandment that has a promise attached to it, namely, “so you will live well and have a long life.” Fathers, don’t frustrate your children with no-win scenarios. Take them by the hand…

WHERE WE WERE YESTERDAY In a recent text convo with a friend, I wrote this —My dad (who died at 48, just before my Senior year in high school), regularly quoted to me a line attributed to Mark Twain: “When…

With gratitude to Steve Colonel and Randall Standridge —- Dear Music Students, It’s that time of year again, time when you have to decide on the classes you’re going to take next year. I hope you will take it from…

In a recent text convo with a friend, I wrote this — My dad (who died at 48, just before my Senior year in high school), regularly quoted to me a line attributed to Mark Twain: “When I was 13,…

Merle Haggard…from long-time friend Joe Domingos, shared here with his gracious permission and his comment: “a shame Merle didn’t live quite long enough to see it happen” — [Verse 1] There’s a big brown cloud in the city And the…