Life is challenging, as Scott Peck pointed out in his book, The Road Less Traveled. Reading his book as a  young person, I initially resisted this notion, but over time, I’ve come to appreciate this truth. Our mental mindset adds an extra layer of difficulty to our lives. During a recent round of golf, a fellow player continuously muttered, “I suck, I really suck!” As a psychologist, I told him I couldn’t endorse such negative thinking, but he remained undeterred....

Effective decision-making is vital for leaders, but it often creates frustration and uncertainty. Are you facing similar challenges in your organization? I was talking to a client in Asia about improving his decision-making skills to advance within his company. His main struggle; Taking too long to make crucial choices. Sound familiar? Fortunately, I assured him that he was already a skilled decision-maker. He carefully evaluates options, weighs pros and cons, and prioritizes the best interests of his business and team....

I discounted Chat GPT when it first came out a few months ago when it reported errors in my own biography including that I graduated from Michigan (Ohio State), received my doctorate at Illinois (Nebraska) and was a professor at CMU (TCU). I came back to it recently and realized that the term “Artificial Intelligence (AI)” is not the correct description for this new technology. A better term is “Generative Intelligence (GI),” These programs work by adding new data and...

I was born into a successful family business that thrived for many years until it all went wrong in the worst possible way. My father’s mother had built a thriving wholesale paint business in New York City, supplying paint to building contractors, paint retailers, and even the State, which used it to paint the iconic George Washington Bridge. Sadly, when my grandmother passed away and the five family members attempted to restructure the business, things began to unravel. Greed took...

As I’ve shared before, my wife Sheila is an amazing dancer, writer, singer, and improvisational performer. She is a “creative.” One of the most wonderful things about living with an artist is that we always live with beauty around us. The downside of living with an artist is that we always live with beauty around us. Of course, for me, who did not grow up in an artistic home, this has all been a fantastic journey to understanding a part...

After last week’s Resilient Wednesday, I got several requests asking for accountability for my mistakes.  My brother, Chuck, asked me to send him a list of my indiscretions, if I could keep it under ten pages. An impossible task. I can, however, share my latest error in judgment. Almost three weeks ago, I had surgery to repair a hernia. While the surgery is routine and relatively straightforward, it does require general anesthetic and intubation.  I had the procedure done laparoscopically...