Raised by two 'Bama graduates, my heart broke a little last night, watching LSU impressively roll back the Tide. (Hats off to the Tigers in a well-deserved v...

Joseph Campbell is a towering figure in the power of myths. He may be best known for his collaboration with George Lucas on Star Wars and is famous for his s...

Business leaders, like triathletes, must be careful to not fall into a "windmilling" pattern when they seek to go farther faster. I know - because I was once...

In triathlon, as in life, we must persevere.  Triathlon training brings you intimately close with this character trait.  It becomes a daily physical, mental ...

I just returned from a fantastic 4th of July weekend with my nephews (my “nephies” as I call them) up in the northeast. Their little sound-side town does a ...

Sport words that end in "-thon" are intimidating.  They sound a) long and b) like olympic events that only professionals do.  When people hear I am training ...

As a former triathlete, I was planning to write about the long, arduous road to victory in triathlon - whether one's deeply personal victory of completing a ...

A year ago I took a life-changing 6-week class through my local county adult education program on meditation. I had tried meditation over the years with no s...

There is an entire cottage industry devoted to the topic of time management.  Who has the time to even research time management?  Search up the term (best ti...

Dedication, devotion, commitment. These are all synonyms for pledging one's whole self to a task or purpose or another person.  When we think of commitment, ...

I reflected in a previous post about being physically stopped recently and being fully sidelined (again) from a sport I love - triathlon. I was not able to w...

If you caught the US Open’s epic first round matches back in 2013 on ESPN, then you likely saw – and heard – the grand slams of Serena Williams in her first-...

I recently encountered a new marketing tactic.  Maybe you have seen it.  It's called a "countdown timer."  Marketers use it increasingly to build anticipatio...

Anticipating the arrival of a New Year can bring conflicted feelings for me. At its best, a New Year can be a time of rest (with the holiday), and of valuabl...

Hark! Here in D.C. we are in the midst of a "historic" snowfall. I witnessed its auspicious arrival last night as I headed out of my building to take in a pr...

There’s a lot of buzz today in Washington, DC – and across the country – about who’s coming to power. We don’t need an election to tell us who’s coming to pow...