WHY DOES THE WORLD CRAVE IRON MAN BUT NEEDS CAPTAIN AMERICA?
“The easiest person to deceive is one’s own self,” Edward Bulwer-Lytton once said. This analogy holds even more truth in our present 2020 crisis than it did when he penned it 150 years ago. One of the reasons the Marvel movies have become so successful is they provide us with heroes whose ideals we can […]
The Covid-19 Pandemic Will Alter Career Lives But Not in the Alarming Ways Many Predict
Forbes recently published an article by senior contributor Jack Ryan in which he describes how the Covid-19 Pandemic will change career lives in alarming ways for the foreseeable future. In it, he uses a couple of thousand words of predictions explaining how the current pandemic will shape and change the lives of Americans post-Coronavirus. Although I respect […]
Why Millennials Stand the Best Chance to Overcome Their Second Once-in-a-Lifetime Crisis
I have read far too many articles like these in The Atlantic, Business Insider, and Fortune from Millennial authors asserting the fact that their peers don’t stand a chance as a result of the latest crisis impacting them. These authors are prematurely publishing articles writing off their own generation with reckless abandon. And, not only do they […]
50 Years Later: How the COVID-19 Crisis is the Reverse of the Apollo 13 Mission
When the two NASA astronauts, Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan, return to earth this week, it will mark 50 years since the very day the Apollo 13 mission, commanded by James Lovell, also landed back on earth. During Apollo 13 the Crisis Was In Space. […]
The Overview Effect: Through the Lens of NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy
I was fortunate to interview Navy SEAL and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy for my upcoming book just days before he launches to the International Space Station to take Command of Expedition 63. In this discussion, Cassidy and I discuss the “overview effect” that many astronauts experience and how through its lens we can see the world […]
Navigating COVID-19 Through the Power of Perspective
It is truly amazing the impact COVID-19 is having on our daily lives. And, it is equally amazing what harnessing the power of perspective can alter in your life during times of crisis. Why is it Important to View COVID-19 Through the Power of Perspective? I am writing this article that is featured on LinkedIn, not […]
Is It Better to Burn Out than Fade Away?
If Kurt Cobain was alive, he would be 53 today. Ironically, I happened to hear Neil Young- “My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)” earlier in the day on Spotify. Neil Young penned the lyrics to the song in the late seventies during a period where he was questioning his own legitimacy. As Young […]
How Being Vulnerable Can Expand Your World
I find that some of my friends and colleagues struggle with the concept of how being vulnerable can expand your world. You’ve probably seen or witnessed the same yourself, either at home or within the workplace or even in someone famous like Nicki Manaj, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Adam Levine, or Gwyneth Paltrow. There’s that one friend […]
The Power of Why: Why Knowing Your Why is Indispensable
It is easy in this world to concentrate on the day to day and forget about the power of why in our lives. Scanning the shelves at your local bookstore, it is all too easy to find titles that tell you to “focus on your ‘self’” and to “be you.” We are living in a […]
Life Lessons Learned from Running
For me, there’s nothing more liberating than going for a run. Somehow, the simple act of putting one foot in front of the other accompanied by nothing other than the sound of my shoes hitting the gravel path beneath me has the ability to free both my mind and soul. Once I’m deep into a […]