Life Lesson #14:  You matter. I spent much of my life wondering if I mattered.  Often asking myself, does what I have to offer benefit others?  And unfortunately many times I didn’t think that I did. Once I started to really study success and happiness I learned that many of the world’s most successful people…

Life Lesson #13 :  Practice the art of patience. We live in a world that doesn’t necessarily reward patience – most things these days are expected NOW – results, growth, rewards, attention from our kids, access, etc.  With so many things available to us so quickly, I believe we have lost the appreciation and reality…

Life Lesson #12:  The power of self-reflection. Early in my career and life I didn’t realize the power of self-reflection – I would just get up every day and go through the motions expecting my life to change – and not much really did. I now know that because of my commitment to self-reflection on…

Life Lesson #11:  Choose meaning over money. Many people in today’s world decide to go after the money – choosing careers that will pay the most over time.  Unfortunately many of those same people 5-10 years down the road are miserable and looking to do something different because their life doesn’t have the meaning they…

Life Lesson #10 of my first 40 years:  Understand that I am the problem. I never really liked reading books growing up, but once I got into the business world, I found myself captivated by all of the wonderful wisdom that could be found in books. The book that really started my evolution in life…