On Thursday, just as it has been for 29 years, Ernie and I were chatting while he was cutting my hair. But there was something different about this conversation. Usually, it’s his clippers that make the hair on my neck stand up. This time, it was his words. Actually, it was only two words: Ten […]

April 20, 1999 is forever etched in my psyche. It’s amazing the power a single word can have to bring back a tidal wave of feelings from a day of tragic horror: Columbine! That day, everything in my world shifted. I could not stop thinking about how it could happen. Axiology was no longer a […]

Are You an Ethical Opportunist? When windows of opportunity swing open up for you, do you ‘carpe’ and seize the moment? There is no shortage of opportunity. There IS a shortage of opportunists. Webster’s dictionary gives us some clues as to why. It defines opportunist as: “One who takes advantage of conditions or circumstances for […]

Here is a “No BOX” way of thinking about winning and losing. The opposite of winning is NOT losing. The opposite of winning is IMPROVING. Whether the “final” score is in your favor or not, you can always improve your game. In most games, winning is commonly considered “success” and losing is all too often […]