Last time, we started to look at why people do the things they do outside the major motivators of love and meeting the hierarchy of needs. Some of those things were a desire to receive outside affirmation, receive praise, and operate out of fear. As we continue on this journey of self-awareness, I'd like to share the final three motivators for this series. 4. Money and Wealth: So ...Read More

Why do you do what you do? What makes you get out of bed and go to work or school or what ever it is that keep you busy all day long? Most of us have obligations and do things out of love, to provide for our families, eat, have a roof over our heads and achieve all the elements in Maslow's hierarchy of needs.   Outside of ...Read More

Who hasn't struggled with the control issue from time to time? Women in particular are notorious for being control freaks, maybe it's our uncanny ability to multi-task that lends to being controlling.  I remember a time in life when I was fresh out of college and scared to death to be out on my own. The only way to keep order in life was to try to control ...Read More

Many of us are guilty of doing working and pushing ourselves so hard that we make ourselves sick. I know I have. (more…)

Do you feel like you can take risks at work, risks that could potentially propel you forward? Do you play it safe because that paycheck means ends meet at the end of the month? What would happen if you chose to be frugal and saved extra money for a while and built a cushion for yourself? Would you be more willing to take a risk with a safety ...Read More

On this St. Valentine's Day, I thought it would be nice to take a slightly more in depth look at the meaning of love. Across cultures and languages, love has a different meaning. In English there's just one word for love, but in Greek there are many words to express the kind of love you are feeling. St. Valentine Webster's dictionary defines love as a strong affection for ...Read More

How do you respond to criticism? I know no one likes to receive criticism, including me. It's part of our innate being because it tears at our egos and pride. I have noticed over the years that there are people how have developed a finesse and skill at offering feedback without it being condescending or off-putting in any way. As I was thinking about the different ways we react ...Read More

This Thursday, March 17, 2011, from 7:00-8:00 PM Central Time, I will be presenting Views from the 13th Floor Conversations with My Mentor at Dallas' Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. The event is sponsoring several of the church community's published authors in effort to support each one another. I will be presenting with three other authors on a varying array of subjects from business to spirituality. As part of ...Read More

I just finished a memory course at Southern Methodist University. The class was all about the lively mind and techniques to engage the right-brain and left-brain simultaneously in order to skip short-term memory and move straight to long-term memory. What we learned was quite fascinating, but before we were able to start learning memory tricks, our professor had us get comfortable with forgetting. She had us say to ...Read More

Ever since I published Views From the 13th Floor: Conversations with My Mentor and started penning this blog, people have been interested in learning a little more about me. To answer the questions, I thought I'd publish this post with a little more information. Today I live in Dallas, Texas. I've been in Dallas ever since I graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelors of Humanities and ...Read More