I have to admit, finding purpose has always been an elusive endeavor. At times I would feel deeply about my purpose, and other times, meh. If only I could label it, bottle it, and drink it on demand, wouldn't that be grand? Well, you can. We all can. It's not that hard.

I don't believe we have...

Last week, I introduced Daniel Pinks's first element to his motivation framework; Autonomy. This alone is a key motivator. But, there is more!

You would not be surprised to know that 50% of employees are not engaged at work in the US. To live a Charged Life, we desire full engagement, joy, and...

Once upon a time, I worked at a wildly successful company. It was deeply science-based so that I could geek out on the awesomeness of its tech. It was a dominant market leader because it took calculated risks. It was expertly managed. It was autonomous.

One day, while in transit from visiting my...

I can't believe I missed writing this post last week when Groundhog Day was upon us. Someone employing a fixed mindset might say, "ah well, it wasn't meant to be," while someone using a growth mindset might say, "you know what, I'm going to blaze forward because I see an opportunity here,...

Some things frighten us deeply to our core. The fright comes from the potential of loss pain; Loss of a loved one, loss of carefully curated wealth, loss of status and stature, loss of identity.

 There are other sources of fright that are a bit more complicated. They involve process pain,...

How can life be considered fair, in any respect? No matter who we are, no matter where we are born, there is a trap that we can fall into when we envy and when we become victims. And yet, there are those among us who are filled with contentment regardless of their station. What, then, is their...

The foundation for a society that reveres the individual is the reliance on Natural Law. There are some rights that are undeniable to anyone in that they are deemed to have come from our creator, such as Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Similarly, there are some undeniable truths that...

It's all about perspective. That's what I've come to find. Why is it that those of us who live the most simplified lives tend to be the most content? Don't they want more? Of course, they do! And they always get it. It's just a hell of a lot more accessible. 

Before you sell the house and...

By 

James L. Kawski, Founder, and Principal, HigherARC LLC 

Deirdre Sartorelli, Director of the Angle School of Entrepreneurship, Endicott College 

“Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!”.

That iconic line, uttered by the robot from the 1960’s...

What is pain? We all experience pain. There is the physical, where we all have a modicum of control over. There is pain, which creates fear. There is use in these types of pain. And then there is useless pain: resentment, anger, jealousy, anguish, regret. These are the things that...