“Wisdom is the art of being courageous and generous with the unknown.” — John O’Donohue The unknown is always lurking just around the corner. It is that which exists but is of yet beyond the reach of our comprehension. It is that which has not yet manifest and is of…

I believe that supporting the entrepreneurial spirit is the key to a brighter future for the United States. If many of the most successful people in business these days — industry titans like Bill Gates, Michael Dell and Facebook whiz Mark Zuckerberg — dropped out of school to implement their…

We live in a time marked by the rise of terror. Mistrust, resentment, greed and a race for power are manufacturing a dark, desperate universe in us and around us. In this new world, fear and anxiety permeate our discourse and shape our interactions. …

“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others…

Earlier this week my wife and I ventured out to the Pisgah National Forest just outside of Asheville, NC in order to escape the doldrums of sheltering in place. We love the Blue Ridge Parkway and the verdant wilderness that surrounds it. The park had recently reopened for day use…

The dawn of the digital age marks the unlocking of the bottomless pit, the vast body of knowledge, misinformation, facts, fabrications, data, truths and lies shared in what has come to be known as “the cloud.” It is a cauldron of all things, real and unreal, and it boils continuously in the sea of man’s extended, increasingly digital consciousness. Morning, day, and night smoke belches from this pit and wafts through the minds of men, carried through his eyes and ears on digital packets cast into the memesphere by the mass media, malicious agents, and even by well-meaning common men.

If it is true that history repeats itself and there is nothing new under the sun, why then do you insist on judging your circumstances and others? Can you simply observe without interpolating, comparing, drawing conclusions, or asking yourself “How can I get the most out of this?” …

Let’s face it: the Coronavirus pandemic rocked our world, but it shouldn’t have. I mean, it’s not the first time something like this has happened to the body of humanity. We all studied the Black Death, the plague that wiped out roughly half of the world’s population in the Middle…

If you’ve never piloted an aircraft, you might be surprised to hear that most of the hours pilots spend in the cockpit are predictable, uneventful, and routine. In fact, it is easy for pilots to become complacent in this environment, as familiarity breeds complacency. You’ve no doubt experienced this while…