High School Never Ends

Ready to go back to high school? Marilu Henner and her brother, Lorin Henner, have a great exercise to try out today to see where you’re at with your recall skills. In their book,  Total Memory Makeover: Uncover Your Past, Take Charge of Your Future Marilu...

Too much time on my hands? Yea, right

I’m pretty sure that if Dennis DeYoung and Tommy Shaw of the band Styx were writing Too much time on my hands today, they’d change the title to NOT enough time on my hands. Remember, when the song (and the band) was at its peak in popularity, we...

Hit the brakes and he’ll fly right by

Revisiting one of the greatest movies of all time (Top Gun) to snag the subject line, one of the best ways to get your brain and your life organized is the ability to stop yourself when you’re careening off the rails. It’s called impulse control and we all...

Achieve Flow by Pushing the Envelope

Think of America’s first test pilots. The guys who had what Thomas Wolfe referred to as The Right Stuff. When the pilots talked of pushing the outside of the envelope (and then hauling it back in), they were referring to the flight envelope – a set of...