Monthly Archives: August 2016

Video: Joe’s testimonial about my Entrepreneurship course

on August 24, 2016 in Education, Entrepreneurship

Ever wonder how much you can get from a course in entrepreneurial thinking and behavior? When it’s not “just” entrepreneurship you learn a lot more, like how to take initiative and responsibility for your life and career. Here’s a student from the class I taught last semester: For written testimonials, click here: “This is one of the greatest classes I have ever taken. It was engaging, thought provoking, challenging, and[…] Keep reading →

Post-Games Lesson: You Have Two Options In Life

on August 23, 2016 in Blog

  My Inc.com post today, “Post-Games Lesson: You Have Two Options In Life” begins Post-Games Lesson: You Have Two Options In Life Even if we succeed, it can’t last forever. Why do we try? The games in Rio just ended. Even the elite athletes’ glory is fading from the most intense high of their lives, that they trained and sacrificed most of their lives for, to regular lives. As silver-medalist[…] Keep reading →

Video: Jonathan’s testimonial about my Entrepreneurship course

on August 22, 2016 in Education, Entrepreneurship

Ever wonder how much you can get from a course in entrepreneurial thinking and behavior? When it’s not “just” entrepreneurship you learn a lot more, like how to take initiative and responsibility for your life and career. Here’s a student from the class I taught last semester: For written testimonials, click here: “This is one of the greatest classes I have ever taken. It was engaging, thought provoking, challenging, and[…] Keep reading →

Non-judgmental Ethics Sunday: When a Friend Cheats Often on Her Husband, Should You Keep Quiet?

on August 21, 2016 in Ethicist, Nonjudgment

Continuing my series of responses to the New York Times’, The Ethicist, without imposing values, here is my take on today’s post, “When a Friend Cheats Often on Her Husband, Should You Keep Quiet?” More than two years ago, my best friend’s husband discovered that she was cheating on him with her business partner. They decided to work on their marriage and go to counseling, together and separately. I’ve had[…] Keep reading →

Quora Saturday: cheating, ‘Murica, more cheating, wisdom beyond books, and leadership

on August 20, 2016 in Quora

Continuing my Saturday series on posting my answers to questions from Quora, here are my next questions answered: Is it ethical to search the cell phone of my partner if I’ve been told he is cheating? Do you find it offensive when people write “‘Murica”? How do you know for certain you won’t cheat on anyone? In terms of acquiring life’s wisdom, what are better things to do than reading[…] Keep reading →

Creating life … my first tomato!

on August 19, 2016 in Nature

I forget it I’ve reported here about planting my first plants in my apartment, or rather repotting and watering the plants my sister gave me from her garden. As food and diet have become more important to me for leadership, health, discipline, integrity and, most of all, delicious eating, I’m getting closer and closer to plants from the ground. Last summer’s trip to the farm where most of my produce[…] Keep reading →

Want to connect with people that matter? Take Michael Roderick’s “The Connector’s Path”

on August 18, 2016 in Education, Events, Relationships

Michael Roderick is a superconnector—the type of person that gets written up and interviewed for his passion for connecting people and helping people make things happen. I owe several extremely productive relationships to him as well as close friendships. I’ve learned that when he suggests a connection, it’s worth making. If I share with him what I’m looking for in life, a few days later I get an email from[…] Keep reading →

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