Looking Back today on 2020… why? In thinking about what to write about today I found myself struggling with today and started to look back. I picked up my book A Leap Year of Firsts to see where I was at one of the most challenging times of my life, four years prior, during a

I was asked to be a part of a panel discussion on People, Talent & Culture for the Legacy Treatment Services organization this week.  For more than 150 years Legacy Treatment Services – NJ Mental & Behavioral Health Service has been providing clinical interventions and changing the behavioral health and social service outcomes for individuals

In thinking about what to write about this week, after skipping last week, I came up with “Live Life While You Can.” My mind was drifting to my 88-year-old Mom who has lived with us since my father’s passing, which was 16 years ago this month. My Mom has been struggling recently with the onset

I started this year on January 1, 2024, writing the first entry in my new Gratitude Journal. I have been writing in my first Gratitude Journal every day since this year. The writing reminds me of what I am grateful for each day. Under the “Positive affirmation” section for the day I recorded the quote

I missed publishing my blog last week due to my travels through Egypt. We started our two weeks plus trip in Jordan. We visited Aman and Petra in Jordan, which were amazing. From Jordon we took a short flight to Cairo, Egypt to spend two weeks visiting a walk back in time. Our first stop

Doing things for the first time in one’s life are exciting and sometimes exhilarating. This Easter was the first time I had ever been in this one of the UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. Since 1985 UNESCO has described Petra as “one of the most precious cultural properties of man’s cultural heritage.” Petra is a historic

I was asked by my partners this past week about what my future plans were for the business that we owned together. I’m now over 65 and working “on” the business and less “in” the business now. In working on the business, I have given this some thought. But I don’t know currently, which was

Your biggest competition will always be yourself. It’s easy to get caught up in comparing ourselves to others, but the truth is that we each have our own unique journey and path to follow. Instead of worrying about what everyone else is doing, focus on becoming the best version of yourself. Remember, success is not

When you hear “AI,” you think Artificial Intelligence. I would like you to think about Authentic Intelligence. Wikipedia defines Authentic Intelligence as “a type of intelligence that is based on cognitive capabilities of individuals with self-awareness, emotional inputs, moral and ethical reasoning, creativity, adaptability, empathy, and consciousness of experience… Authentic Intelligence uses data combined with

I started out the last leap year in 2020 committed to doing “A Leap Year of Firsts.” Four years later a lot has happened. First, I finished the last leap year by doing something new, a “first,” EVERY DAY of 2020. It became my first book. I became an author for the first time in