Go figure. Who ever thought that a perfectionistic over achiever like moi could find himself happy and content? I've got lots of things...

My longtime friends John and Jane Doe (no, these are not their real names) are the best and happiest entrepreneurs I know. They're...

Has there ever been a more inspirational story than Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol? I don't think so. Ebenezer Scrooge's overnight...

Sure, we're famous for individualism, but we're also very competitive...

Folks, these are the times that try people’s souls (seems like someone famous already said that…). Knowing how to be happy and resilient...

Everyone knows that change is hard. The longer I live the more true it seems that people change when the pain of changing becomes less...

Having spent a lot of my life researching what makes people happy and also working with wealthy families, imagine my surprise when I...

There are lots of family businesses, not only in this country but around the world. For starters, all organizations are generally...

Based on my 207 decades in business (OK, just 3), I literally wrote the book on leadership, happiness and profit. It is a fun and elegant...

The Beatles broke up way too soon. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were one of the most prolific and successful songwriting teams in...

Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean states that many things turn out best when practiced with moderation and with balance. Unfortunately...

Has there ever been a more inspirational story than Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol? I don't think so. Ebenezer Scrooges' overnight...

I love working with family businesses. The very challenge of it will make inexperienced consultants lose their nerve (or should). Not...

Mixing love and money is mighty tricky (please feel free to quote me on this, as long as you leave "mighty" in). There are a thousand...

Mixing love and money is mighty tricky (please feel free to quote me on this, as long as you leave "mighty" in). There are a thousand...

Has Elon Musk become the poster child for overachievers who are rich and unhappy? I think I get it--setting stretch goals and being rich...

By definition high achievers expose themselves to a lot of stress which can cause emotional distress. I'm amazed that some of these folks...

Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean states that many things turn out best when practiced with moderation and with balance. Unfortunately...

Most of the leaders I know tend to deal with a fair amount of stress in some form or other in their daily lives, especially in attempting...

I see it all too often in my consulting work: leaders telling the members of their teams that working harder is the answer to every...