If you see the mountain lion, it’s too late

How long does one nametag last? For a question people ask me so often, there’s no good answer. Calculating the average shelf life of a single sticker is basically an unsolvable equation. There are simply too many variables to consider. First, there’s the issue of waste. I reuse my nametags on multiple shirts during the week, since it conserves paper. And so, there’s no way to properly track each sticker without requiring medication for obsessive compulsive disorder. Second, depending on...

A commonality among unhappy people is, they don't pursue their values with sufficient intensity. They continuously fail to live up to their own ideals. And without that foundation of true nature, it becomes very difficult to build a fulfilling life. Everything feels like an uphill battle. Turns out, though, that when our ambitions are married to our highest values, that becomes the positive driving force that enables us to believe in ourselves, take initiative, overcome obstacles, bounce back quickly, and...

One of my favorite things in the world is telling people that I love them. Whether it's a friend, relative, coworker, my wife, or a complete stranger; and whether it's in person, over the phone or via text or email, few acts make me feel more human and alive that expressing love, from my mouth to another person's ears, every single day. Because if you think about it, that famous three word phrase, I love you, is perhaps the most...

Here is perhaps our society’s most widely debated aphorism. Can money buy happiness? There are thousands articles, studies, books research papers, message boards, speeches, even organizations dedicated to arguing it one way or another. But what if we’re asking the wrong question? What if we’ve all been measuring the wrong currency? Because in my experience, although money may not make you happy, being happy may increase your chances of making you money. Let’s think about this from an organizational perspective....

Since high school, I’ve been lucky enough to have numerous influential mentoring relationships. The amount of time, money and energy these mentors have saved me is immeasurable. It's proof to me that mentoring is more than just a relationship, it’s an inheritance. But the piece most people miss about this exchange is, mentors don’t always show up in human form. When you come from a curious constitution, searching out each current and particle of existence for truth, there is nothing...