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This stage of life is a time when we begin to revisit big questions. Revisit because they are questions we ask ourselves from the time we are children. Like this: What is my purpose? As a kid, my purpose ranged from growing up (a pretty…

I admit it, I’ve been on a binge. No, I haven’t fallen back into depraved eating habits. I haven’t locked myself in a room with Netflix and a bag of popcorn. I haven’t begun drinking large quantities of alcohol either. I am alleviating myself of…

I grew up with parents (and an uncle) who were accomplished professional musicians. So naturally I began taking trumpet lessons early—around the fourth grade. It became my passion and eventually brought me to performance in many genres of music. I listened to various trumpet players—from…

Regret sucks! I don’t know a better way of putting it. But I guess it is part of the human experience; to look back and say, “shoulda, woulda, coulda”. George Kinder, considered the founder of Financial Life Planning, poses three questions in an effort to…

Many years ago, I signed up for a coaching program aimed at creating self-mastery in business. It focused on the creation of systems and processes and the knowledge, attitude, skills and habits necessary to build self-mastery. The leader insisted that our job as entrepreneurs was…

My trainer pointed to the green band and instructed me to slip it around my ankles and step laterally. I knew what was coming and that I’d feel the ache right up to my hips. I could have made an excuse why I couldn’t do…