Assets come in all types — things, people and qualities. For example, in the investment world assets are commonly thought of as shares of entities that generate capital returns. An asset for the CIA is an outside spy conducting field operations around the world for the benefit of the USA…

Raise your hand if you’ve ever found a homeless couple living in your building’s elevator room. Haven’t even adjusted in your seat, have you? Didn’t think so. Hold on, maybe you’ve had a conversation like this before… Police Officer: Where are the security cameras? Me: We don’t have any. Police Officer: What…

Embrace the thrash. Perhaps your visualizing walking toward a violent interaction with arms wide open. No, by no means do I mean thrash in that sense. Not really… I’m referring to ‘mental thrashing’. It’s struggling through a difficult decision, a challenging project or trying something unknown. But who willingly wants…

Picture an artist in his 2,000 square foot SoHo loft in NYC, masterfully splattering paint on a full-sized wall canvas…with his foot. Blindfolded. Is this contemporary art? Maybe. Will he sell this painting for to pay his $24,000 per month studio rent along with marketing costs to do a show…

Pressure can either bust a pipe or make a diamond. A saying many have heard in their lifetime when confronted with the challenging internal conflict of whether to dig deeper and move forward or give up. The ‘pressure’, credited with making or breaking the team or individual, typically stems from…

Goal setting seemed much easier during our younger years, mainly because we weren’t responsible for creating them. Growing up, a school curriculum was in place set by superintendents for teachers and their students to adhere to. As students, the goal was to consume knowledge then measured by achieving one’s highest…