He showed all the signs of physical meltdown. Bead of sweat on the forehead. Clammy skin. Disengaged and withdrawn. Rapidly turning pale. Yet his ignorant flight instructor was about to commit an unforgivable error. Sean had traveled from England to become a “skilled aviator.” He was motivated to the max. To be the best of the best. But on his very first Read More …

Evelyn Johnson was in a car accident Sunday morning while driving to church. Sun got in her eyes. She didn’t see the semi in time. Plowed into and under it, shaving the top of her car. She survived but suffered multiple contusions — and lost a leg. She was 96.  At that age and with those kind of injuries, I began Read More …

Flaco was a lanky kid about 13, shoeless, mute, and destitute. A trainyard orphan of Mazatlan, Mexico. In exchange for a tip, Flaco would help us load the customer’s luggage onto the Mexican train. Our “customers” were western-state college students looking to let loose on our embarrassingly wild, Spring Break “all you could eat, drink, party n’ puke” 7-day train drain. It was our last night Read More …

Dave had a good job at a record company. He was in sales, made decent money and liked his coworkers. But something was missing. The job left him feeling empty, day after day. Can you relate? Recent surveys indicate better than half of us are in the same snafu. Under-challenged and disengaged. Long-term dissatisfaction in the workplace guarantees insidious Read More …