One of the cooler things that I got to do was to work for Covey Leadership Center for a few years. I still feel really fortunate that I go...

She: "I'm going out for a few hours." He, worried. "Please be safe." She: "Don't worry. I have protectio...

There seems to be this notion in matters of diplomacy and relationships that if only two parties understood each other, peace would ensue. T...

I got introduced to systems thinking by the management guru W. Edwards Deming. He made the point that when assessing a team made up of three...

"I think that there is another man." He laughed. "There's always another man." "Not always." "Alwa...

"There are two kinds of men," Maddie finally offered. Maddie's older brother Bernard and I had been talking about women and re...

I’d been traveling a lot and it’d been too long since I’d lunched with Bernard and Maddie. Maddie came to our table with a hat – a small, fo...

Bernard sighed. “How is it going, Bernard?” “I’ve been spending too much time alone,” he said. “That’s not all bad, is it?” I asked, trying ...

Bernard had a spark in his eye. I looked up from my morning paper and saw him looking at me with a grin. “What?” I asked, wondering if I had...

I once had a philosophy professor who was a fascinating fellow. As a monk, he had kept a vow of silence for about a decade. By the time he w...

She wanted to work on her relationship with him, which was a pity, really, because it kind of missed the point. She was playful and if she w...

Tonight, my wife and I went out to dinner and found ourselves waiting behind large groups of kids dressed for prom. Watching one large group...

Maddie was giggling about something when I sat down. “What’s up?” I asked. “What’s up? It’s just a concept,” replied Bernard. “If we were in...

This Monty Hall Paradox is counter-intuitive. You're likely to win money betting on it with friends, a win-win because it'll teach t...