How opening your mind can lead you to the right solution. Everyone I know loves being right – including me. It feels good, it's validating, and it makes us feel as if we know what we are doing. However, when one feels they are right all the time, it comes with a nasty side effect: it stops them from learning.   I've always been drawn to the way scientists think, even though I have the polar opposite of a scientific brain. They begin with the premise that they might be wrong –

And the space we leave behind. I never spoke to him. I never crossed paths with him. He certainly had zero idea that I even existed. But when the news flashed across the screen, "Ace Frehley, guitarist and founding member of KISS, dead at 74," it hit me like a ton of bricks. Not surprisingly, I spent that pleasant autumn evening outside listening to song after song from the KISS catalog. Outside of my family, work, the Texas Aggies, and smoking food on the weekends, my passio

How corporate-speak is destroying your authenticity. I may be 55, but I still love the comics of yesteryear: The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes, Doonesbury , and, especially when I started working, Dilbert . There's one particular Dilbert strip where a co-worker hands Dilbert a "buzzword bingo" card before a meeting. "If the boss uses a buzzword on your card, you check it off," he explains. Moments later, the boss boastfully announces, "You're all very attentive today. My proact