Making Friends With the Devil

Making Friends With the Devil

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...
Looking Out. Looking In

Looking Out. Looking In

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? •...
Taking the First Step

Taking the First Step

“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...
Do It For You

Do It For You

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...
Creativity Never Runs Dry

Creativity Never Runs Dry

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...
The Lion in the Room

The Lion in the Room

The following is a true story. It’s my first memory. I was five years old and I dreamt I was in the kitchen of my childhood home, sitting on the floor, staring at my white baby shoes with white laces. I heard a deafening roar. A huge lion was pacing at the other side...