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During a recent virtual event hosted by NetSquared of Adelaide­,[1] I facilitated a workshop…

He knew where he was and why he was there, but what he didn’t know was who he was.

While…

A friend recently told me how much money his company had spent on a presenter for an all-company virtual meeting—to the tune of $100,000.

This friend was part of the planning committee tasked with…

“Since October 7th, Israeli politicians, journalists and commentators have been doubling down on their claim to the Israeli public that “there are no innocents in Gaza.” They willingly ignore the fact that Gaza’s population stands at 2.3 million, with 40% of them under age 15.

"There are no innocents in Gaza” is not only an inhumane claim, but a dangerous one. The only way to interpret it is as a blank check to justify the extensive killing of the men, women, and children in…

When it was too tough to break by hand, he would burn firewood over the rock and then pour water over the hot surface. The thermal stress would crack the rock into manageable pieces that could then be carried…

The umpire wasn’t happy, and didn’t hesitate to let the player know how he felt. Looking up into the stands, he yelled, “You’re done!”

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This week is very different from every other week for the past seven years, and moving forward, things are going to be very different.

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A gust of wind burst in when he opened the door and told me to stick my legs out. At first, instinct refused to comply, but I reminded myself that Dean had done this thousands of times. He knew what he was…

I was invited to two Super Bowl Parties that year. Not wanting to disappoint anyone, I accepted the invitation to both. Even though everyone was happy to see me, I didn’t get to enjoy myself—because I wasn’t really present at either gathering.

With the first, I kept thinking about when and…

Eleanor Roosevelt once suggested that “Happiness is not a goal…it’s the byproduct of a life well lived.” Accepting this axiom as a functional truth, the question becomes, how do we live well?

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There’s something blatantly arrogant about the song “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better,” because it can never be universally true. Everyone has their strengths and everyone has their weaknesses.

But of course, sometimes it is true.

Sometimes.

And if…

Most birds nest and sing from the trees, but larks aren’t like most birds—they nest on the ground and sing from the sky—inspiring poet William Wordsworth to muse:…

I don’t really know anything about anything, but what I choose to believe is we are here to Love one another. 

Because we ourselves Are Love; emanations of the eternal source of everlasting Love.

This is not just where we come from, but who we Are.…

Advice of Mischievous Mice

A group of mice is called a mischief.…

Legend has it that when the great magician Howard Thurston would step out onto stage after the curtains rose, the music would suddenly stop, and he would slowly gaze across the theatre, as if he was about to say…

I first met Mr. Scoots in 2019 while I was moving into my new apartment. The timid orange cat was given his name by the other tenants in the building, because of his habit of scooting away every time anyone comes a little too close to him. And true…

The students eagerly handed in their two lists.

They had spent hours working on them, filling the first with…

“That was just what I hoped for!” she exclaimed, firmly shaking my hand. “You gave us time to rethink what we do with a fresh outlook. This was the perfect segue for the rest of our conference!” …

¿Qué hay en tu maleta?

My Spanish isn’t great, but given the context, I surmised the airport employee wanted to open my duffle bag and…