It’s easy to feel thankful when things go according to plan. But what happens when life doesn’t go the way I thought it would? When I don’t get what I expected, am I still grateful? I shared a goal with a friend recently, hoping for their support. Their initial reaction wasn’t encouraging, and that threw

Sometimes I’m a skeptic. I hear something—an outrageous claim, a popular opinion, a trending idea—and my instinct is to pause, ask questions and dig deeper. I want to know the source, the evidence, the reasoning. I’m not trying to tear anything down; I just want to understand what’s real. I ask, “What’s the full story

People are most likely to say “yes” when you offer them something that solves or prevents a problem, makes or save them money or time, or makes them or the people they care about happy. Those three benefits reflect a basic truth about human motivation, especially in business or decision-making contexts. When my goal is

Military personnel live and die by mission clarity – literally. Many things can go wrong and lives can be lost if a commander sends troops out on a mission and there’s no mission clarity. In the best case scenario, they’ll wander. In the worst case scenario, unfortunate things can happen to them and to the