Month: April 2025

To Make A Difference – Follow Your Passion

To Make A Difference – Follow Your Passion

After being surrounded by people who make a difference in the world, I recognized a common thread – they follow their passion. I was in New Orleans for Jazz Fest, meeting amazing musicians and community activists. I was humbled. We were in NOLA to meet Youssou N’dour, Senegal’s greatest musician. He played at the Jazz […]

Finding And Acting On Kindness Amists National Meanness

Finding And Acting On Kindness Amists National Meanness

While many are reeling over the meanness of national politics affecting individuals and businesses, I’m finding kindness and helpfulness.  Here is what I have noticed is being revealed. Several experiences with my son showed me something I wasn’t expecting. When car shopping, dealerships were making special deals for people to buy cars now before tariffs […]

UBUNTU – “I am because of how you are”

UBUNTU – “I am because of how you are”

UBUNTU is an ancient African word that means that your sense of self is shaped by everyone around you –” I am because of how you are”. My African friends talked about this at a music event we hosted this weekend. They put an emphasis on the “How you are” aspect of the phrase, which […]