Ideas are free, execution is priceless.

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…

Black holes have a gravitational acceleration so strong, that they destroy everything that falls into them. Whether it’s the remnants of giant stars, electromagnetic radiation, or the clouds of interstellar dust and gas, nothing makes it out of a black hole alive. Hawking proved that even if someone did jump into a black hole, and their mass energy was returned to our universe, it would be in a mangled…

Heliotropism is a biological term that describes the motion of flowers or leaves in response to the direction of the sun. If you’ve ever noticed plants turning and growing toward the light, that’s called the heliotrope effect. What’s fascinating is, human beings apparently took a page from the plant bible. Cameron writes in his book about positive leadership that the tendency in all living systems is to move toward positive energy…

My friend sits on the board of a nonprofit in the community solar industry. Recently he hosted an informal industry event at his home so people could learn more about the organization and emerging challenges and opportunities within the clean energy space. After he welcomed everyone to the event, he took a few minutes to allow people to introduce themselves by stating their name and what role they play…

Being the only person the room wearing a nametag makes me feel special, rebellious, creative and powerful. These feeling are the principal motivation for have continued my experiment for half of my life. But if suddenly it was no longer just me, if one day everyone starting wearing nametags, that would be probably fine with me. If it meant sacrificing a certain amount of my positive feelings to elevate…