Have you ever had the experience of working with someone and they just didn’t “get” you? They do all the things that wind you up, put you off, and drive you nuts. And, have you ever worked with someone, and you just didn’t “get” them? …

Death might seem to render pointless all of our attempts to create a meaningful life. But Professor Dean Rickles argues that only constraints―and death is the ultimate constraint―make our actions meaningful. In order for us to live full lives, Dean believes it is the finiteness and shortness of life that…

There are a few times each year that those of us that run non-profits need to get our accounting-and writer-hats on. One annual task is to complete state and federal tax filings, another is an annual report or review of what’s been done and what’s coming up in terms of…

Is loneliness the new smoking? A number of studies and polls have recently come out that indicate Americans of all ages, socioeconomic, and geographic locations are more isolated and alone that in any other time in recent history. …

Freemasons, Skull and Bones, Rosicrucians, the Illuminati, 5 Hertford Street, the Bohemian Club, and more, are all so-called secret societies. Not so much because no one knows about them, but more so the question as to what do they do, who belongs to them, and how do you join? Is…

Quiet quitting has become quite topical in the media as of late. But perhaps the real story is quiet FIRING. That refers to an employer who doesn’t give raises, or doesn’t provide promotion opportunities. Or they slight team members and actually diminish or stall their employees’ professional growth. Everyone, both…

In a world with a surplus of ideas, what separates a good idea from a bad one? How can we learn to cultivate a mindset that produces the kind of ideas people can’t turn down? Many can’t generate solid ideas. They may offer up tired or reused ones, or they…

Achievement often comes at a cost. Angst, restlessness, frayed relationships, exhaustion, and even substance abuse can be the unwanted-side effects of an obsession with outward performance. …

At first glance, you may not think this has much to do with LinkedIn readers’ interests or something written by a LinkedIn Top Voice, but I see a number of parallels with what I want to think out loud with you about. First off leadership, that’s a dominant gene in…