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finding creativity in small places

The local bakery has fabulous bread. When I went there this weekend they had many Halloween cookies and other treats that one might expect at this time of year. Not...

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Infrastructure investment- we need it.

The United States has a gap between the infrastructure we have and the one we need if we are to grow our economy and remain a dominant strategic power. China...

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Blue zones aren’t real

I must have been 5 when I finally accepted that Santa Claus was a myth. I think we love our myths as humans, especially ones that result in unexpected and...

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The simplicity

There was a simple joy in watching the first Dodger playoff game last night while we made dinner. I had a new pork and mushroom meatball recipe we were making,...

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Go Slow – the motto of Caye Coulker, Belize

  Can you imagine a group of hard driving CEO’s spending a whole week together with spouses “going slow”? Yes, it can happen. It just did. A year ago at...

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Compartmentalize and focus

Do you have days when there are just too many distracting demands, all urgent? You realize you are jumping from one to another and essentially, not getting anywhere. We all...

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Granular Specificity

You’ve set a goal, you’ve broken it down into intermediate steps with timelines and due dates, and you failed to achieve the target. What happened? James Clear, the author of...

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Laughter as medicine

Waking up in Chicago, jet-lagged from a late arrival, I hear my 11 month old granddaughter screeching and crawling to her sister’s room. I jump out of bed fearing my...

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Seasons

Visiting Chicagoland just before Labor Day, everyone was taking their last trip to the waterpark, visiting the beach before it closes, and planning for the fall. Someone on the street...

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Learners stay young

Sometimes it is kinda fun at a dinner party to just sit back and listen to the conversations going on around you. On one side, there may a jousting competition...

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Content AND Delivery

Why did you like a speaker you heard on TedTalks? What is it about an actor who you could listen to them recite ANYTHING? Why do you cringe when you...

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Make more money

I was meeting with a business owner the other day, and we had a conversation we have had several times before: How can they make more money? Does this sound...

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