When Is It Right to Be Right?

When Is It Right to Be Right?

Part 2 of 2  In my last blog post, “When Being Right Is Wrong,” I discussed how the need to be right can often come at the expense of relationships and goodwill. Letting go of the need to correct someone or prove a point can be the key to maintaining...
When Is It Right to Be Right?

When Being Right Is Wrong 

Part 1 of 2  Recently, I was speaking with someone about joining one of my programs. It was our second Zoom call, which we had scheduled during our previous session. As planned, I joined the Zoom meeting on time and waited for him to join. After five minutes of...
Perpetual Amateur to Lifelong Learner 

Perpetual Amateur to Lifelong Learner 

In college, I caught the photography bug and bought a Nikkormat 35mm camera. Back then, it was Nikon’s entry-level option but still a step above the typical Polaroid or instant cameras. Learning photography in those days was not cheap. There was no digital display to...
10 Things My Parents Taught Me 

10 Things My Parents Taught Me 

Sometimes we just need to go back and embrace those early, important life lessons we learned as kids. Say please and thank you.  Stand when a lady comes to your table (or when the lady at your table leaves).  Taste your food before you put salt and pepper on it.  Have...
The Four Stages of Anyone’s Career

The Four Stages of Anyone’s Career

I recently read The Garner Files: a Memoir by James Garner and Jon Winokur. Garner was perhaps best known as Jim Rockford in the long-running TV show The Rockford Files, but he also worked the big screen in movies like The Great Escape with Steve McQueen. Garner’s...
Lessons Learned on the Camino de Santiago

Lessons Learned on the Camino de Santiago

Over ten years ago, I watched “The Way,” a movie starring Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez. It’s about an American father (Sheen) who travels to Europe to retrieve the body of his estranged son (Estevez), who died while attempting the pilgrimage to Spain’s Santiago de...