How My Retired Father Made It Big in the Real Estate Business — My father, a pharmacist by profession, retired to Florida at the age of 55. His retirement lasted three weeks. After a lifetime’s worth of waking up each morning with a purpose, now he had none. Golf didn’t count. Nor did watering his lawn or reading People Magazine. In fact, nothing…

A story about my recent journey to attend his event in Miami — Three days ago, I flew from Albany to Fort Lauderdale on my way to attend a Prem Rawat event in Miami on March 5. This was not the first event of his that I have attended over the years and, hopefully, not the last. Since 1971, when I first heard…

HINT: It has something to do with the lack of real listening — “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” — Ernest Hemingway One of the biggest obstacles to good communication between two people can be summarized in four words: “I already know that.” This all-too-common phrase heads its ugly rear when the listener, having heard as little as a single…

Choosing the best path forward is not always as easy as you think — “Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” — Napoleon Bonaparte Think about this for a moment: how do any of us ever decide anything? With all of the myriad choices before us — all of the opportunities, options, and different ways to proceed…

What you are looking for is much closer than you think — I first heard this story from Prem Rawat, perhaps the best storyteller I have ever heard. And one of the reasons why I say that is because the stories he tells all deliver a powerful message. Indeed, that is what real storytelling is all about, transmitting “tacit knowledge” –…

Eventually we all have to say I DO to ourselves — Whether or not you are married now, have been married, or will be married – regardless of the quality of your marriage – you will eventually need to marry yourself. And by that, I mean you will need to experience the soul mate within — the aspect of your true…

Feel free to sweep the kitchen floor, but it is YOU that will get clean — If you peel the onion of most spiritual traditions you will find lots of common denominators — the same basic truths expressed in different ways. One of these universal truths can be boiled down to six words: let go of attachment to results. Simply put, enjoy what you do and…

You can try translating it, of course, but it is just a translation — As time rolls by and I continue noodling on this wonderful opportunity to live a conscious life, I am increasingly realizing that the mind has very little capacity to understand what the heart knows. The heart experiences joy, gratitude, love, and the peace that passes all understanding while the mind…

None of us really knows what’s going to happen next — “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” — Charles Darwin It is not uncommon for people who have a beloved coach, mentor, teacher, guru, or master to report a wide variety…