Does your career own you? Do household chores keep you from quality time—or any time—from your kids? Do the demands of errands and meetings and emergencies keep you from catching your breath? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, you might be suffering from workaholism. In the United States today, about seventeen percent of adults,...

I meet many married women who love their husbands but don’t love sex. Their question is always the same: they want to know why. Is it the stress of marriage, children, work? Or could it be more than sheer exhaustion or waning libido?   Could it have something to do with the sex they had before they got married? After more than 40 years...

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The Entrepreneur that Wins

Uncertainty. In business, and especially in the enterprise of entrepreneurship, there is an inherent amount of risk and uncertainty. One day you might be on top of the world and the next mired in anxiety as your carefully constructed empire begins to crack under the pressure. If a person chooses to put their identity into their business or their...

Have you been able to escape your family legacy? Should we even want to or try to? As much as we seek to become independent people and become individuals apart from our parents, to some extent we all struggle with our family legacy. For example, Frank Zappa was a rock musician, and one of the most talented and influential of the 60's, 70's and...

The desire for fulfillment is universal. From the moment we are born we recognize within ourselves an insatiable hunger for more of life. We try to grasp onto every experience, enjoy every relationship, and maximize every opportunity. Yet even as we strive to fill our lives to the brim with adventures, we are never fully satisfied. You don’t...

You've probably seen it dozens, if not hundreds of times: The FedEx® logo. Designed in 1994 by Lindon Leader of Leader Creative, the simple design has become a fixture of the world of business and commerce worldwide. But have you ever noticed it's hidden message? If you've seen it before, it'll be easy to spot. If not, it'll be tougher! Take...

Why are so many people in their 20s taking so long to grow up? That's the question an article in the New York Times recently asked. It seems that it's taking people longer to grow up. Psychologists have even come up with a new term for it: "emerging adulthood." It’s happening all over, in all sorts of families, not just young people moving...