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Say the following words out loud. Say them slowly and with focus. Complacency, inertia, apathy, lethargy. Notice how those words feel in your mind and body. If you don’t notice anything, say them again.   Take a breath or two and clear your mind. Now…

Last year, I submitted a saliva sample to a company that analyzes DNA to track your genetic history. While I already knew that my family roots were embedded in Eastern Europe (Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Germany and Romania), the results stunned me. Both of my parents’…

In 2018, the business Margit Novack had been running for more than two decades was acquired. Suddenly, she found herself without a title or regular work for the first time in her life. While Margit initially resisted the idea of pausing to find her purpose,…

During a recent conversation with a friend, he proclaimed that he is finally comfortable in his own skin. I nodded my head in understanding. As I look back over my life and career, I wonder what life would have looked like had I found comfort…

Sacrifice is a heavy word and I’ve been rolling it around in my head for a while. No, I am not talking about a voodoo ritual involving chickens or Aztecs offering up virgins to their deities. I am thinking about the choices we make in…

At age thirteen, I worked at a butcher shop every day after school. Al, the butcher, became a great mentor and friend of mine. Initially, while my job was to scrape the blocks, wash the machines and scrub the cabinets, I learned many skills and…

Simon Sinek writes books for business leaders. His first work, “Start with Why” was met with mass approval as a pivotal place to begin one’s inquiry into their mission. He went on to author “Leaders Eat Last” and “The Infinite Game”—all brain candy for business…

Small things, perhaps insignificant in your own mind, can be the pebble in the lake that creates great waves of meaning to others. I recently saw a picture of my college roommate, still a dear and close friend, with his granddaughter on a carousel. Lo…