A lovely lady passed away. Her name was Barbara. Barbara was my partner’s mom. Barbara never achieved great fame or wealth but she was a loving mom and grandmother – and so much more than that.

When I first met Barbara she was at the beginning of her long painful journey through Alzheimer’s disease. She was still lucid most of the time and the social, fun-loving person inside her was still evident. Barbara lived in Los Angeles and came to stay with us in NY for Christmas. Christmas wa...

For the past week I've had a picture in my mind about my mom that is making my heart ache.  Mom was 21 years younger than my dad. And unfortunately dad became ill early in their marriage and my mom’s life changed from wife and mother to wife, mother, bread winner and caretaker for my dad – my sisters and I were too young to help her take care of him.

Mom’s life was a very lonely life filled with hard work. The picture of her that is haunting me is of her sitting by herself at the dinn...

I have been involved in a bad business deal which I thought had finally come to a conclusion around Christmastime. Well I was wrong. It seems it just does not want to end.

As I was talking to my partner yesterday I said perhaps it’s my Karma to have run into this person now. Maybe I wronged him in another life and he’s back to get revenge. Or maybe I have just run into a #%$@*. But as my partner reminded either way it’s still my Karma to have to deal with this person.

I have allowed ...

You have a plan and you work the plan everyday but are you bogged down with what the outcome should be?  I know I was and then a friend of mine the author of “Socks in the Dryer” Paol Seagram said to me “Don’t be attached to the outcome. Just keep putting it out there.”

I asked Paol what he meant by that and he said “Just keep doing the work and your plan will happen but it may not come from where you expect or how you expect it.”  And I know from my personal experience he is r...

I have been presented with a set of options in a business deal. My “old self” would have made a quick “knee jerk” decision without really analyzing the options.

Well my “new self” is going to analyze my options using the SWOT analysis employed in The Business of Me. The SWOT analysis will examine the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of each option. Only after I have examined each option will I be able to make a “choiceful” decision.

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I have never owned a pet but now it seems my neighbor’s cat has decided he likes my house more than my neighbor’s house so he has, in his mind, moved in. And yes we feed it and let it roam where it wants to go. We pet it and give it love – that is, when the cat wants to be loved.

As I observe the cat whose name is Pacifico I am constantly amazed at how it just does what it wants to do when it wants to do it.  Pacifico does not care about your feelings - Pacifico is all about Pacifico's...

I was speaking to a man yesterday who has been on a personal spiritual journey for years. He talked about how far he has come and how much he has changed and how his life has improved. He told me about how he is now on a quest to understand the “Law of Attraction”.

I am also on a personal quest to understand and put into practice the principals of the “Law of Attraction”. The first thing I found out about the “Law of Attraction” is that if I am unhappy about my current situation...

We all like the “big win” but often it is the “little victories” that happen each day that are the most significant. It is the little victories that keep us motivated to continue our quest to attain our longer-range goals.

I know. In the past few days I have been gratified with the “little victories” that have come my way and make me realize that I am on the right track. It is only a matter of time before the “big win” is achieved.

Each day we should keep working our plan an...