“You gotta have a dream, if you don’t have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?” Happy Talk, from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, South Pacific (1949) This New Year’s Day, I found myself running on the Jersey Shore Boardwalk, something I have been doing for many, many years although truth be …
Like many of you, I think I watched every Charlie Brown TV special and read as many of the Peanuts comic strips I could get my hands on as a young boy growing up in Northern New Jersey. We had our favorite characters for sure – Lucy Van Pelt, Linus, Pig-Pen, Schroeder, and Peppermint Patty. …
Some Reflections on What I Learned in 2015 I am sure many of us find ourselves feeling energized this week as we begin another new year, having had time during the Holidays to reflect on our personal and professional accomplishments over the past year. This process of intense self-reflection is in many ways akin to …
Last week, I had just finished swimming my laps at our town pool when two young beach attendants — Li and Caitlyn, both of whom are getting ready to start the 10th grade – called over to me and said “Hey, Mr. Jack, are you good at Math”? As I walked towards them, I said, …
Way back in January 1987, then Vice President George H. W. Bush was contemplating a run for President to succeed Ronald Reagan. Time magazine ran a cover story that month entitled “Where is the Real George Bush?” The article included an anecdote from one of Bush’s senior advisors who when discussing the upcoming campaign, made a suggestion …
I love metaphors and how they can easily evoke a powerful image of something that is deeply relevant and meaningful to one’s life. Over the past few months, I have been commuting into New York City a couple of days a week for some courses in coaching that I am taking at NYU. As I …
