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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…

I promise not to get all political—everyone is entitled to vote their conscience. The issue is about the stories we tell ourselves and how applicable they are to the current state of our country. There are many who align with a political party because that’s…

You know the story of the intrepid salmon that swim upstream in their final journey to spawn before their life ends. You’ve seen the films of their perilous challenges over obstacles and through rapids—their beaten, bruised and exhausted bodies finally reaching their destination. Sounds like…