It’s Time to Start or Accelerate Your Business
This seems like an odd quote for the day after Labor Day, but it’s one I’ve always believed in. Work can either be a job, a career, or a calling.
Your Extraordinary Why.
Much of the work of the second half of life is to discover why we are here. Who am I? What is my journey? To what am I in service?
The Mindset and Math of “Enough”
A journalist in 1916 asked John D. Rockefeller, the world’s first billionaire: “How much is enough?” JDR answered: “Just a little bit more.” Any financial expert or mathematician could have
Age is Just a Number (& an Encumber).
So, I danced with joy when I was recently introduced to an NIH study on the Awareness of Aging. Because humans can interpret how old they are, as we live longer
How Old is Your Heart?
According to the Wall Street Journal, there are a few online calculators, including ones from health organizations such as the U.K.’s National Health Service, Australia’s Heart Foundation, and the Framingham
An Anthem for Midlife Beginners
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmTVWupTnTM. It’s a little hokey, but full of wisdom so I’ve included the lyrics below. I could see Governor Tim Walz crooning this song. Time is gonna take
How Do We Move From Timelines to Timeless?
Here’s a timely thought from my friend Rebecca in Baja, “Time is one of the great illusions: we think we’re running out of it or we have all the time
Which is Better: Either/Or or Both/And?
I recently wrote a blog post about my history with San Francisco politicians, so I felt some fatherly pride seeing two of my mentees – Gavin Newsom and Lateefah Simon
Why Innovators Need Editors (and Vice Versa)
Stories are powerful. So now that my new company, OpenWater has opened to the public, and my next career chapter begins, I want to share a story with you. This is
The Power of Humor.
One of the biggest assets to have in midlife is humor.I started writing humor in my 40’s as a way to help me make sense of the world. I discovered
“Bring it All, Give it All, Leave it All.”
(And, very important new note: my urologic oncologist called me midday yesterday to say that the data he gave me was twenty years old and researched some new data that
Overriding Our Body’s Messages.
I’d broken my ankle at a bachelor party and hadn’t noticed the cut on my leg. I went septic in Montana and was put on a strong antibiotic. It marginally