My Dear Colleague: I sat there mesmerized as she unfolded the details of her business and her life. Miss Curdel was firmly in control of the strategies, the people and the running of the business; but that was not all—not only was she wise and mentally sharp—she was...

Dear Colleague, I made a dumb decision in anger and it cost me. I had called the customer service department at my mobile phone company to seek help with a problem. The lady who answered the call was being unreasonable and intransigent. Like a broken record, she kept...

My Dear Colleague: She hated to look at her own face in the mirror. It conjured up embarrassment, shame, self-pity, low self-esteem and other destructive emotions. They all robbed her of the confidence and the impetus to live out loud. After all, isn’t a woman’s face...

My Dear Colleague: “Larry, how is it that the earth rotates around the sun so consistently and never goes out of orbit? I’ve read that if we moved just a tad closer toward the sun, we’d be burned to death and just a bit farther away, we’d freeze to death; isn’t that...

My Dear Colleague: I could see it coming and then it did. He begged me to give him some money-said he wanted it to buy food. I walked a little faster, fixed my focus straight ahead and said, with just a glance to my left, "Sorry, I'm kind of busy right now." Have you...

My Dear Colleague, I did it and the results simply amazed me. I held the money up to the audience and said, “Now, I want to digress for a moment and have an auction. I will give this $100 bill to the highest bidder. We’ll start at $50 and I don’t care if the highest...

My Dear Colleague, I thought about it again and loved the thought of it. So I decided to go and take another look. But it wasn’t there. I immediately felt a missing taste in my mouth and an empty space in my stomach. Imagine that you’re having a meal and you set aside...

My Dear Colleague, A police car came up next to me and the driver shouted, “Sir, would you pull over—about your lights?” I stopped, got off my bicycle and immediately, two officers were on my left and right sides, making me spread my arms and legs and lean forward on...

My Dear Colleague, What’s wrong with people anyway? This is a bank, for heaven sakes. I was seated at one of those special service desks, giving some wire transfer information to the attendant. He was bouncing around the bank with digital camera in hand, showing...

My Dear Colleague, I ran downstairs to share the excitement with Grace. I had just successfully spent about 45 minutes on the phone with—let’s call him Corey. We had a great conversation and talked about a wide range of subjects. That was fantastic. Now, why would...