Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal
Written by Rob Riemen [more]

From coaching entrepreneurs in my little town to observing one my personal heroes die with grace and dignity, I’ve learned that it preparing for success is far more interesting and productive than predicting failure. [more]

Excerpt from "Take New Year One Day at a Time" by Dear Abby [more]

In business, as well as in life, we are awash in data and starved for information.  Great business plans focus on developing a few manageable goals versus solving all organizational problems in one plan. [more]

By David Leonhardt, Published: March 9, 2008, The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/magazine/09Psychology-t.html

December Song: Christmas Song
Artist: Dave Matthews Band [more]

By Steven Lawry, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2009 Issue

Little Red Caboose
Written by Marian Potter
Illustrated by Tibor Gergely [more]

Writing good business plans is a key to success, but good plans must accommodate searching and failing over time to be effective.  Said differently, no plan is perfect – nor should it be. [more]

"To laugh…[more]is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep…is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another…is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings…is to risk exposing our true self.
To place our ideas, our dreams before the crowd…are to risk loss.
To love…is to risk not being loved in return.
To hope…is to risk despair.
To try at all…is to risk failure.
However, to risk we must
Because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The man, the woman, who risks nothing…does nothing, has nothing,
is nothing."