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The Responsibility Dilemma

When we allow our environment to become the primary source of our attention and frustration, we give up our power. When we externalize th...

Darren Gold

Oct 13

A Pandemic of Negativity

What you are thinking and speaking has the power to be viral. It can spread and affect others in ways that are harmful or helpful. Each and

Darren Gold

Oct 5

Focus on Your Other Hand

Times of misfortune require us to ask different questions. What is the one thing you can do right now that wouldn’t even have occurred to...

Darren Gold

Sep 29

A Time for Collective Prayer

Our disproportionate focus on things outside of our control is the source of our suffering. And, paradoxically, our ineffectiveness. Just...

Darren Gold

Sep 22

The Paradox of Greatness

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s simple declaration to do something to make society a little better produced profound change that made the lives of ...

Transforming Misfortune into Possibility

Darren Gold

Sep 14

Transforming Misfortune into Possibility

How one answers this question – what to do when crisis or misfortune strikes – is what separates extraordinary individuals from the ordin...

Darren Gold

Sep 8

The Dichotomy of Labor

The truth is that virtually all of us work because we no longer know how to just be. As wonderful as the American work ethic is, somethin...

Lessons in Maturity from a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Golfer

Darren Gold

Sep 1

Lessons in Maturity from a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Golfer

Today, there is much to fix and change in our environment. Yet, it would be a tragic mistake to focus on fixing the environment without a...

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Aug 25

Are You a Wildflower?

Wildflowers are the people who consistently act out of a belief that they shape their circumstances, not the other way around. This weeke...

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Aug 17

Gratitude is the Sweetest Fruit

Gratitude may be the single most important antidote to fear and uncertainty. When things are rough, reminding yourself of how much there ...

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Aug 11

The Choice That Can Transform the World

Every moment, I am confronted with a simple choice. Do I see the situation or the person through the lens of love, kindness, or compassion?

Darren Gold

Aug 4

Complexity and Compassion

Complexity and compassion are the essential ingredients of a healthy, well-functioning society. When I was in my early thirties, somethin...

Darren Gold

Jul 28

The Power of Dialogue

Dialogue is the fundamental skill of our time. To heal what divides us and make progress as a global community, we must be willing to tal...

Darren Gold

Jul 21

The Courage to Get into Good Trouble

John Lewis gave us countless gifts to be sure, including the advancement of civil rights in a country where there is still much progress ...

Darren Gold

Jul 13

The Gift of Death

“In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” So quipped Benjamin Franklin in 1789, the year the U.S. Const...

The Most Fundamental Declaration of Independence

Darren Gold

Jul 7

The Most Fundamental Declaration of Independence

We can’t be a nation that lives up to the ideals of freedom, liberty, and equality if each of us doesn’t begin to take responsibility for...

Master Your Code Excerpt - Chapter Five: I forgive Unconditionally

Darren Gold

Jul 7

Master Your Code Excerpt - Chapter Five: I forgive Unconditionally

Darren Gold

Jun 29

American Exceptionalism

Most of the questions that divide us right now are not that cut and dry; they demand a complexity of mind that is equal to or greater tha...

Darren Gold

Jun 23

The Case for Love

We are at an important crossroads – one where each of us must begin to ask a fundamentally different question: “What would I say or do if...

Darren Gold

Jun 15

The Time for Virtue

When angry, frustrated, or confused, ask yourself, “What would it look like if I acted from a place of virtue -- from love, wisdom, coura...

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