At some point, probably yes. But does everyone also become aware? In one of my favorite “lite” movies, Pretty Woman, a rich venture capitalist and a pretty young prostitute both shift to new ways of being in just four days. The VC decides to begin working with the father figure of his newly acquired company to [...]
A favorite movie line of mine,– and my children will tell you I have many, comes from Colonel Saito in the Bridge on the River Kwai who says “Be happy in your work”. For a long time I tried to apply that advice to my own life. Last week, I was in NY, steps away [...]
According to a Met Life study, 12 million Americans between the ages of 44 and 70 want to start either small businesses or non-profits, create jobs, and meet community needs. Are you one of these folks? Michael Gerber talked years ago about the myths surrounding entrepreneurs in his book “E-Myth”. Though Michael and the E-Myth [...]
This morning, my life partner and I were discussing what the characteristics of the target client base for my company which is On-Core Ventures is. The company originated with a goal to assist the Twelve million reported Encore Entrepreneurs (EE’s) who are looking to create a business that is “On-Core.” When starting my search for these EE’s, [...]
As shared in this blog, a few years ago I “shifted”. In hindsight, the realization of this shift is perfectly clear. But what does it really mean when “the shift” occurs? Must we inevitably move on to some greater, yet undefined, higher purpose? How do we a shed the baggage we have spent a lifetime [...]
Yes, it is 2012, but we are not talking about December of 2012 and the shift of the planet. The shift is what Dr. Wayne Dwyer calls the moment when we realize that something inside of us has changed and we can never again approach life in the same way. Before the shift For [...]
Life is a series of transitions or transformations. In fact, one of my favorite authors, Inna Segal asserts in her book – “The Secret Language of Your Body” – that we cannot heal ourselves of any illness without making a transformation in ourselves. Transitions can be both “good” and “bad” in the minds of our [...]
Life 3.0 I believe that there are four phases of life. Life 3.0 is our definition for the third phase of life. According to a book that I am reading on Transitions – called “Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes” by William Bridges – in the Hindi tradition there were four phases of life. These [...]
