It’s only fitting, on Thanksgiving Day, to write about gratitude. Thankfulness On this day, I want to share with you the things I am thankful for: Having found my passion. The opportunity to live out my passion. The opportunity to do good work and add value to others. The many gifts and talents bestowed upon…
I’ve recently finished reading two memoirs, one by Rob Lowe (Stories I Only Tell My Friends) and one by Andrew McCarthy (The Longest Way Home: One Man’s Quest for the Courage to Settle Down), and actually enjoyed them both very much. Both shared stories of their personal journeys, and while they phrase it differently, both…
I have a lot of conversations with friends, clients, colleagues, and sometimes even strangers, about what success means to them. These are educated, motivated, hard-working, individuals who would appear — from the outside and based on what society seems to define as success — to be successful. They hold good jobs in interesting fields, earn…
Last night I was doing a little shopping. As I was making one of my purchases, the sales person asked me where I was from. I responded that while I live in West Virginia now, I am from Washington State. Unexpectedly, his eyes lit up and he asked where I had lived, claiming his dream…