I do try to keep the giving of thanks in mind at Thanksgiving, as in my Thanksgiving post on gratitude, as in calling to mind that day each person in […]
My colleague Michael Kerman of Leading Edge Seminars sent me this article Self-Sufficiency Is Over-Rated, published in the New York Times opinion section on Thanksgiving Day. I think it strikes […]
Maybe because I woke up one morning last week to an air quality rating of 249, officially “very unhealthy” and couldn’t see to the end of my block because of […]
Just when I was feeling a little bit more than weary, my friend Lee sent me the link to Tiny Piglet’s Whole World Changes When She Meets This Baby Cow. […]
You may have already heard this bit of good news – it went viral quickly. (More good news from many parts of the world below.) As retired British army officer […]
When the generosity and kindness of the human spirit shows up to support fellow human beings on the front lines of our current coronavirus crisis, when real people shine through […]
The Heroes and Zeroes post of October 21, 2019 drew as many positive responses as any post I’ve ever posted. Readers resonating with the realization that the smallest actions on […]
The Pacific Sun, a local newspaper in the San Francisco Bay Area, ran a weekly Heroes and Zeroes column for years, highlighting the selfless/helpful/nurturing behaviors of some local citizens and […]
Most of us want to be kind, to ourselves and others, most of the time. Most of us try to be kind, much of the time. And then there are […]
It might seem counter-intuitive, in our modern business-driven society, that people who are “givers” are more likely to succeed, certainly to experience more well-being, than “takers.” But that’s precisely the […]