It was a steamy summer early morning right after the bars had closed. A disheveled thin man, stylishly unshaven and wearing a concert t-shirt, closed the door of his car and approached the window. A sense of dejection hung to his persona and seemed to draw the cigarette smoke he was exhaling from his mouth
We live in a “yes, we can” world. The word “yes” elects politicians. We read books about the power of the positive response. “Yes-men” tend to scale corporate ladders with spider-like efficiency. We want to watch movies about people who say, “Yes, I do.” In so many ways, we are trained from a young age
“What is the one thing you would want your kids to say you taught them?” The question was suspended for a minute. I fought the urge to provide an expected answer and finally settled on the first thing that popped into my mind. “I guess it might be to believe they can accomplish anything they