Being Authentic. Tell the truth or look good? It is easy to talk about being authentic without having a clue what it really means. Real authenticity refers to the distance between us and other people. And we measure that distance by how willing we are to be real....
Baseball Game. National Anthem. A 7-year-old boy who sang the Australian National Anthem before a baseball game had his performance “ruined” by the hiccups, or so say, more than a few TV broadcasters, including my very own broadcaster in San Francisco. Wow! No wonder...
Failure. Making Mistakes. I have failed at many things in my life - driver's tests, school exams, relationships, but nothing compared to failing the New York State Bar Exam. It was significant because this was the first time I had really worked so hard to accomplish a...
Real Lasting Self-Esteem. For some people, money is intricately connected to self-esteem. How much money they have, the car they drive, the neighborhood they live in, how big their house is, the private school their kids attend, the size of their stock portfolio,...
Courtesy. Kindness. Respect. Copyright Infringement. What happened to the simple act of asking for something that does not belong to you before you take? Courtesy, kindness, and respect no longer seem to exist. Instead, copyright infringement or theft seem...
Girl Scouts is for every girl! Ethics. Courage. Would you accept money in the form of a donation if it meant compromising your principles? Well, Megan Ferland, the CEO of Girl Scouts of Western Washington was put to the test when she received a $100,000 donation. It...
Friendship. Courage. Friends on a Rock. Quite often life’s pleasures and great moments sprout from the little things, the things that may seem insignificant at the time. A few weeks ago on CBS Sunday Morning, I saw a story on the news about three second grade...
Music. Restaurant. Whenever and wherever you go into a bar or restaurant there is probably a 99% chance that the establishment will be playing some sort of music. Some play it loud, while others play it at barely audible levels in the background. However, there is no...
Several weeks, a 21-year-old man opened fire in a South Carolina church killing 9 innocent people. What kind of world do we live in? As far as we have come with medical science and technology, we are a world that hates more than ever before. Too much freedom breeds...