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Okay, I’ll admit it. I am a sucker for fortune cookies. No, no, not the actual cookie—they kinda suck. But every now and then, I get the urge for Chinese food and wonder what my fortune will be this time. Mostly, the fortunes are ridiculous…

Something that often stops people in their tracks is that feeling that it’s “too late.” Fear tells us that it’s too late to start over; too late to change. As you transition away from work, you might find yourself wondering how to start fresh again.…

I can’t speak for anyone other than myself, but I've always been driven to achieve. Maybe it stems from a childhood of insecurity and the feeling of not belonging (with the exception of my time in music). I used to think that at some point,…

Admittedly, I'm a coaching junkie. I believe in working with coaches who can bring their expertise to help me learn something, rather than mucking around trying to haphazardly figure it out. That’s why over my life and career, I’ve worked with business coaches, fitness trainers,…

In a recent exchange with a member of the Chapter X community, he wrote: “I was a good-fielding shortstop as a kid, but I couldn’t hit the curveball which ended my ‘career.’” It’s the curveballs in life that buckle the knees and freeze the spine—until…

We never know how much time we have left on this earth. Why not do everything we can to make the most of it? That’s how today’s guest approaches each day.  Norman Sherman worked his way up through the corporate world of advertising to achieve…

The other day I wrote about the shift in perspective at my disappointment of not having a clear Berkshire sky to bathe me in starlight. In case you missed it, I noted that while I didn’t get to experience a breath-taking star show, I did…

Everything has its balancing opposite—the pluses and the minuses of every situation. The stop and the go; the yes and the no. We’re faced with this constant onslaught of decisions. But when it comes down to it, our hardwired belief structure makes the ultimate decisions,…