Which rocks to look under — I’ve been on Medium since 2016, so I’m a certified old timer. But some of my best work is buried in search results. Here are links to the good stuff: Living MWC: Chasing Our Legacy | Happiness: 10 Essentials | Awaken | Marcescence: Hanging On | Secret Garden Thinking MWC: Space for…

When lighting the holiday season leads to laughter, lights and some healthy competition — I heard North Carolina was early in adopting outdoor hanging Christmas balls. That’s where I live. And I believe it. Before you could find the kits at Wal*Mart, there were homemade 18” spheres of chicken wire, patiently (and not so patiently) laced with your favorite colored strands. Green power cords…

When dialog runs hot, some silence — and 6 changes of mindset — can open up new thinking — We’ve all been in those chaotic meetings. Everyone is talking at once. The energy is palpable. But in it’s wake, a few souls are left trampled. Still others never had a chance. I just know there’s a better way. Perusing an Inc. article last week, I learned Tim Cook (Apple)…

Start over. Start simple. And learn what space can be. — In the Western world, we often take space for granted. There’s usually enough to go around — except maybe at airports, where a six-foot radius for social distancing is getting harder to sustain. If the pandemic has taught us anything, and that’s a dubious proposition at best, it may be…

We’re not here forever. Death awaits. So when is it too late to start measuring our value? — Living can lead to over-confidence. After all, we’re still here. We can safely declare, for the moment at least, that life goes on. Eastern thinking has a way of cutting through that Western self-assurance, perhaps no more clearly than this: “The trouble is, you think you have time” — Buddha …

Where family comes to roost, leaving (most) differences at the door — I’m definitely one for tradition. I was actually born close to the boomer / gen-X cusp, but wherever the line is drawn, I’m clearly a product of my generation. Growing up, my family was steeped in German and Scottish traditions, infused with southern sensibilities. Holidays were for family visits, no…