It’s Time to Start or Accelerate Your Business

This seems like an odd quote for the day after Labor Day, but it’s one I’ve always believed in. Work can either be a job, a career, or a calling.

It’s Time to Start or Accelerate Your Business

Your Extraordinary Why.

Much of the work of the second half of life is to discover why we are here. Who am I? What is my journey? To what am I in service?

Your Extraordinary Why.

The Mindset and Math of “Enough”

A journalist in 1916 asked John D. Rockefeller, the world’s first billionaire: “How much is enough?” JDR answered: “Just a little bit more.” Any financial expert or mathematician could have

The Mindset and Math of “Enough”

Age is Just a Number (& an Encumber).

So, I danced with joy when I was recently introduced to an NIH study on the Awareness of Aging.  Because humans can interpret how old they are, as we live

Age is Just a Number (& an Encumber).

How Old is Your Heart?

According to the Wall Street Journal, there are a few online calculators, including ones from health organizations such as the U.K.’s National Health Service, Australia’s Heart Foundation, and the Framingham

How Old is Your Heart?

An Anthem for Midlife Beginners

Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmTVWupTnTM. It’s a little hokey, but full of wisdom so I’ve included the lyrics below. I could see Governor Tim Walz crooning this song.  Time is gonna

An Anthem for Midlife Beginners

How Do We Move From Timelines to Timeless?

Here’s a timely thought from my friend Rebecca in Baja, “Time is one of the great illusions: we think we’re running out of it or we have all the time

How Do We Move From Timelines to Timeless?

Which is Better: Either/Or or Both/And?

I recently wrote a blog post about my history with San Francisco politicians, so I felt some fatherly pride seeing two of my mentees – Gavin Newsom and Lateefah Simon

Which is Better: Either/Or or Both/And?

Why Innovators Need Editors (and Vice Versa)

Stories are powerful. So now that my new company, OpenWater has opened to the public, and my next career chapter begins, I want to share a story with you.  This

Why Innovators Need Editors (and Vice Versa)

The Power of Humor.

One of the biggest assets to have in midlife is humor. I started writing humor in my 40’s as a way to help me make sense of the world. I

The Power of Humor.

“Bring it All, Give it All, Leave it All.”

(And, very important new note: my urologic oncologist called me midday yesterday to say that the data he gave me was twenty years old and researched some new data that

“Bring it All, Give it All, Leave it All.”

Overriding Our Body’s Messages.

I’d broken my ankle at a bachelor party and hadn’t noticed the cut on my leg. I went septic in Montana and was put on a strong antibiotic. It marginally

Overriding Our Body’s Messages.