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"Shut up and work. It is a formula that has always worked very well for me." Albert Adrià | 1969 - | Spanish chef Harsh self-talk, for sure. But, I love the sentiment.  It's oddly a l…

(an excerpt from Smile & Move) We all have our ‘customers.’ And most of us have more than one type of customer. A teacher serves his students as well as his school administrators (an…

“Objective judgment, now at this very moment. Unselfish action, now at this very moment. Willing acceptance - now at this very moment - of all external events. That's all you need.” Marcus Aure…

"Stop. Reflect. If you don’t do that you are a lesser human being for sure … The busyness does not make our lives meaningful. It is the interior life that makes the greatest difference to us in the…

For me ... until her passing in 2014 ... Maya Angelou was just a poet that had an opportunity to share her words at Bill Clinton's presidential inauguration in 1993. Since then, I've been inspire…

"It’s wonderful, right? It’s what we all want. We want that time, that attention, that calm, soothing presence from somebody else." Years ago, I drove into my neighborhood to a new street sign... 'T…

Communicating well is one of the kindest everyday opportunities we have (Love Your People principle #2). And while it can do so much good (inform, enlighten, inspire, encourage, entertain, connec…

"Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else's path... unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that." Ellen DeGeneres | 1958 - | Comedi…

Last fall, my wife and I became empty nesters. In March, our two college sons jumped back in ... and it's getting hot in here ;-) I'm sure many of you have similar situations. Even if your curren…