Three weeks ago, we began the process of making 2009 your best year yet. If you are just joining us, you may find it useful to read two earlier posts where we introduced the Wheel of Life, and the role of imagination in creating significant improvement in your...

Two weeks ago, we began the process of making 2009 your best year yet. If you are just joining us, you may find it useful to read two earlier posts where we introduced the Wheel of Life, and the role of imagination in creating significant improvement in...

Last week, we began the process of imagining 2009 as your best year yet. If you are just joining us, you may find it useful to read an earlier post where we introduced the Wheel of Life, as a way of evaluating where you are in your current...

Two weeks ago, we asked if you were settling for weevily peanuts instead of going for the banquet table of life? Last week, we introduced the Wheel of Life, as a way of evaluating where you are in terms of preparing your own banquet.

Building on these two...

Last week, we held out the promise that their might just be banquet table prepared for you, but you can't get there if you are holding onto a handful of weevily peanuts. We also promised that this week, we would take a closer look at how you can begin...

As we roll out of Thanksgiving and race toward the next round of holidays, it might make sense to take stock of how this year has gone and begin thinking about what you can do to make next year even better. I know, for many of us, improving this year...

Welcome to the second in a series on Transformation Keys, a weekly series on thoughts you can use to transform the quality and experience of life for yourself, your friends and family, and possibly even the larger community.

Last week, we focused on the power of Gratitude. Gratitude...

Welcome to the first in a series on Transformation Keys, a weekly series on thoughts you can use to transform the quality and experience of life for yourself, your friends and family, and possibly even the larger community.

Borrowing a bit from President Kennedy, we are entering a time...

As we are all witnessing, the world is undergoing a tremendous time of change across social, economic and political boundaries. The presidential campaign has brought change front and center and Barack Obama is being heralded as a transformational leader.

Transformation and the theme of change seem to have overtaken much...

Last night we witnessed a graciousness that belies the apparent animus that oozed through much of the last several weeks of the campaign.

Last night, John McCain evidenced a grace and essence in his concession speech that helped me considerably. As much as I have disagreed with the Republican campaign...

Today the vigil begins. The tension is building and just about everyone can feel it. Many are saying this is the most important election in decades.

The combination of a world at war economically, politically and on fields of combat has many people angry, fearful and demanding of change. The...

By the time the votes are tabulated and our choice for President is confirmed, we will find ourselves standing at a critical fork in the road, one that leads either to a precipice from which we leap to our own demise, or toward a towering mountain beyond which lies a...

Are you stressing out over the election that is just around the corner? I mean, it's bad enough that we have this economic tsunami crashing around us every day, and now we are about to endure what could be a seismic election impact.

What if McCain-Palin somehow pull the rabbit...

Today we bring you the second in a series of tips for surviving the complex, fast changing world of finance. Each article offers two broad categories of tips, one focused on the practical, financial side of the challenges you might be facing and the other on the inner, more...

Today we begin a new series on tips for surviving the complex, fast changing world of finance that seems to be consuming so much of the world's attention these days. We invite you to join in providing useful thoughts to other readers by posting your tips and suggestions as comments...

The first challenge in communication is that most people don't know what the word means! Now, of course you know what the word means in once sense; however, my experience suggests that most of us don't really know the purpose side of the word's meaning. So, here goes!

Let's pretend...

If you find yourself freaking out over the current financial situation, stressed to the max and otherwise emotionally drained, this post is for you!

The sources of the current economic distress may be complex, or they may be simple, depending on your point of view. I'm of the mind that...

Have you noticed the growing fear and panic about the current financial situation that seems to be spreading across the globe? Have you found yourself caught up in the fear and panic yourself? I know I have from time to time.

Fortunately, there are some things you and I can...

In the last week's article on beliefs, we talked about how your beliefs can prevent you from having money. I'd like to look at that question in another light: how conflicting beliefs may not only prevent you from getting what you want out of life, but how they...

Last week we began the conversation about beliefs and how they can impact your experience of life. Today, we want to dig a bit deeper, using money as a focal point. I could have picked any number of subjects, and money seems to be one that gets people excited,...