In the days ahead, let's try to remember the reason for these games. The celebration of excellence through great physical and mental endeavor. All of these athletes have invested countless hours and sacrificed much to spend as few as seconds taking their skill to the highest possible heights. Often fate is a bad patch of … Continue reading
From the moment you knock off work until the light of the next morning, countless millions of people have spent your evening hours and sleep time aggressively changing everything about your world. Every night, night after night. Every dawn brings much more than a new day. As you arrive at work, processes have changed, new … Continue reading
Science and medicine are often entwined in politics and ego, but the most dramatic example was the life of Ignaz Semmelweis, an Austrian physician in the 1840s. His simple observation and analysis saved hundreds of children — but prejudice and tradition overshadowed his discovery and countless thousands died. Semmelweis was an obstetrician who observed that … Continue reading
“There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A person’s life is a succession of moment after moment. When one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do and nothing else to pursue.” This are the brilliant words of Yamamoto Tsunetomo, author of Hagukure or The … Continue reading
As the digital revolution spins off new and incredible products and services I take pause to consider the incredible inventory of stuff that we did not know we needed and soon will be unable to live without. Innovations don’t always have an obvious market and naysayers love to condemn before fully understanding that people want … Continue reading
Douglas Arnold, Executive Coaching 