When I taught at Microsoft years ago, I remember being surprised to hear again and again from the group I was teaching that they were being encouraged to fail. Not purposely, but to take chances, take risks, and realize failure was a necessary step toward...
“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right” Henry Ford We’ve all read that quote from Henry Ford, and we’ve all heard story after story of people who believed they could, or couldn’t do something, and proved their beliefs were reality....
He wags his tail all the time, even while sleeping. His happy attitude is not contingent on treats, toys,praise or fun, he’s just a consummate tailwagger. He’s a canine optimist, who knows whatever happensat any given moment will be good. And this philosophy,...
The little girl, wearing a fancy white dress, was in a restaurant with her dad. When her chocolate soda came, her dad warned her to remember not to blow on the straw because the chocolate would bubble up and could ruin her dress. Can you guess what she did? Her dad...
Following the renowned psychologist and author Dr. Martin Seligman’s advice in his latest book, Flourish, I started making a list of three things, right before I went to sleep, that I was either grateful for during the day, or three moments that made me...
This is going to sound smug and yet here goes. In many ways, I feel like I’m finally the person I was always meant to be. It’s taken me a long time and a lot of effort and I’m most definitely still a work in progress and always will be, but I feel like I’m...
