My father was John Wayne.  Not the actor.  He was the ideal.  He was a real cowboy.  A rancher who road the range, mended fences, and drove cattle.  He also graduated from Cal-Berkeley in 1940.  He never wanted to be a cowboy, but we had a family ranch and he was the Read More

The challenge is always the same.  How do we thrive under circumstances we do not control?  Gas prices, debt, job insecurity and personal challenges such as illness, divorce or loneliness all can trigger prolonged, intense stress.  And yes, stress makes us stupid.  Stupider th Read More

In the couple of weeks I have traveled from Florida to the Rocky Mountains and back to California.  I have spoken to nearly every age group, gender, and color of American, literally from 18-80.  What I heard was anger.  Anger at, well, almost everything that is so obviously broken. Read More

Recently I spent some time with David Wyman, a Professor at Clemson University who teaches leadership and entrepreneurship.  He showed me his X-Y-Z model of business strategy which, it seems, has great personal application.  David explained that the “X” stands for business-a Read More