Today, April 1st, in the United States we celebrate April Fools Day, a day to perform harmless pranks and jokes on on friends, family, coworkers, etc. But instead of joking around, I’d like to talk about something that concerns me: deception. Or more aptly termed, self-deception. We fool ourselves constantly. Like every single day. If…

How open are you to receiving feedback? Be honest. Most people claim to be open to feedback, but in my experience rarely truly are. Asking and receiving are two entirely different things. And really, what is the point of asking if you have no real intention of receiving? Nowhere have I found this more prevalent…

The movie Heavyweights is a family favorite of ours. It is about a group of overweight teenage boys who go to “fat camp,” a summer camp for weight loss, only to discover it has been taken over by a psychotic self-help guru—played perfectly by Ben Stiller—determined to turn their camp experience into a weight loss…

People, but particularly we Americans, often have an unhealthy fixation on independence. We love it. We thrive on the notion. This is hardly surprising given the origins of the United States. The idea of the lone pioneer forging his destiny at the edge of the frontier is steeped in our culture. We claim it as…