As I write this, I’m not feeling physically great. I’ve been under the weather for the better part of a week. I considered skipping this...

I’ve come to believe that the ecstatic feeling of mastery is not reserved for the few talented people in the world that receive...

We have unconsciously slipped into the trap of choosing between a love for the exceptional qualities of our country and the...

While there is still much more work to be done, I’m proud of how far this country has come in its views on sexual and gender orientation....

As we continue to fight for our freedom, we must not forget that each of us is also individually imprisoned by a set of psychological...

For the past couple of years, I have been consistently embracing a practice that many of the ancient traditions observed – to treat every...

At its core, leadership is about the ability to leverage paradox. There are five polarities that are critical to effective leadership....

By judging, we deprive others of what is, next to love, perhaps the most universal of human needs – to be seen. It is only by seeing...

Our expectations of others can have a significant impact. But it is self-expectation that makes the biggest difference. So much of your...

Acts of defiance are desperately needed right now. Yet, they seem unfortunately to be in short supply. Nothing ever truly great is...

How can I live such that each day I can say my time remaining will be even richer than the sum total of all that I have already lived?...

How do we gracefully continue to bend the arc of the moral universe towards justice by demanding that we all act in ways that are more...

Extraordinary things don’t get built or happen unless someone is willing to not be typical. Anything extraordinary is, by definition,...

We are, at our core, kind. American kindness, perhaps more so than innovation, may be our most valuable trait. Last week, I wrote about...

The most significant breaches of commitments are typically the ones you make to yourself. If you can't trust yourself to be reliable, how...

Every generation seems to have a moment that offers an opportunity to question the prevailing paradigm of the times. This is such a...

Unless we intentionally design slack into our systems – unless we shift the narrative from slack as negative to slack as essential – we...

Even though we may not fully understand it, we are all undoubtedly familiar with Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, and in...

When we move from self to other, a new world is disclosed. We stop playing not to lose and start playing to win. If you’ve ever watched a...

Staying small elevates the protection of self above all else. Playing big is the most selfless of acts. It allows the majestic gifts in...