Empathy & Compassion

“Compassion is empathy with action”. Brilliant advice from Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, as he spoke to the graduating class at Wharton. Empathy allows us to feel other's pain. Compassion enables us to do whatever we can to help alleviate that pain. … [Read more...]

Farm Girl

As a young girl, she always wanted to marry the local fruit vendor. Rohini ended up marrying a college professor, but the farm girl in her is alive and well. I think the happiest I have ever seen her, outside the birth of our children, was … [Read more...]

Uber Cool

Roger drives for Uber, in Chicago, as a full time job. He is in his mid sixties, and talks with pride about his daughter at UF (University of Florida for the uninitiated). She is a scientist who specializes in cell Biology. Someone who is a lot … [Read more...]

Words of Wisdom

Character is how you treat someone who can do nothing for you. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe … [Read more...]