Are you a music-lover?  Do you walk around humming songs and reciting lyrics?

Music is a universal language and can speak equally to everyone.  But what about the story the song sings?  Can that move...

 I have a magnet on my fridge with Ralph Waldo Emmerson’s quote, “Life’s a journey, not a destination”.

A family member bought it for me years ago (I believe it was quiet recognition that I was seemi...

In earlier years, we did 50% of our business in promotional marketing in the last two months of the year.  Why?  Recognition and appreciation. 

Many clients ordered personalized Christmas cards, purc...

Have you ever recited Murphy’s Law: “Whatever can go wrong, will” ?

And its cousin, “When it rains it pours.”?

Both are pure anticipation – more accurately, expectation – that things will go a...

We rarely choose disruption.  Why would we? We don’t wake up thinking, “Today feels like a good day for a breakdown, a diagnosis, a financial scare.” … not!

But disruption comes anyway—precisely beca...

Could the stories you're telling yourself making you ill?

We’ve all done it.
Replayed the conversation.

Rehashed the comment. Re-explained the unfair policy, the bad experience, or the moment someone...

What do you do when the storm hits? 

I mean the storm in terms of adversity, challenge, disappointment, set-back, failure or rejection.
Most people take it as a sign they’re off track and abort their ...

What’s your go-to beverage?

Coffee to start the day? Iced tea or soda with lunch? A beer or glass of wine to wind down?

Most people assume that as long as they’re drinking something, they’re staying...

Are you hooked on real-time tracking of your health performance?

We’ve normalized strapping technology to our bodies under the banner of “health - step counters, sleep monitors, heart rate trackers—a...

Do you ever argue with universal intelligence (or UI as I like to call it)?

This was my conversation the other day.  I was in the bathroom when a strong message came through.

Universe:           ...

 Did you ever notice that products, sayings or behaviours are popularized after their showing on the screen?

The Cosby Show effect was a term coined around the results of the Huxtables, a black medic...

Ever notice how quickly people respond when they think you’re someone “important”? (and lag when they believe you’re not?)

Or how differently they treat the person in the elevator before they know wh...