Making Friends With the Devil Your mind can be a powerful and splendid ally. It can be a motivator, a planner and a supreme puzzle solver. But it’s not necessarily your friend. I was in the grocery store when I passed the ice cream section. I saw boxes of chocolate...

MY WEEKLY BLOG When you graduate from this realm into the next, if you could leave one gift to the ones you love, what would it be? People leave letters for their families, videos, favorite articles of clothing, cherishedartifacts or homes and cars and money. These...

Your visionwill become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside; awakens. — Carl Jung.   When someone asks me to write a memoir for them, I have some important questions: • When did you decide to write this book? •...

“Commitment unlocks the doors of imagination, allows vision, and gives us the ‘right stuff’ to turn our dreams into reality.”                  - - - James Womack   I have been deeply moved and affected by the Buddhist monks who recently walked for peace from Ft....

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entireuniverse, deserve your love and affection.                                                                                     - - The Buddha A woman was in a forest, gathering herbs, when she heard a magical sound. It was...

Some years back, I was in a meeting with Magic Johnson to discuss a book he wanted to write. He told me he’d had two ambitions in his life. Basketball and business. He had accomplished the first one and become a champion. Over and over. Now he wanted to write about...