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Here’s something that can make us miserable if we let it: too many decisions! Social scientist Barry Schwartz says Americans are becoming less happy because we’re allowing ourselves to be overwhelmed by too many choices. His groundbreaking idea, originally published in his 2004 book The Paradox of Choice, has been echoed by recent studies. Researchers…

The world was changed forever on April 4, 1975. (Don’t get a swelled head if that happens to be your date of birth. I’m writing about a business/cultural milestone, not providing PR for any individual’s decades of leaving a carbon footprint. On the other hand, you really are rockin’ it for near-50. Send me the…

“When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.” – Winston Churchill As a lifelong resident of the geographic region that is the epicenter of the storied Tennessee Walking Horse industry (yes, it’s possible to be from a small town without being from the proverbial “one-horse town”), I…

It’s a growing concern that world leaders, economists and even Pope Francis have warned about: people aren’t having enough children. Across the globe, birth rates are plummeting below the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman, the minimum needed to maintain a stable population. Countries such as Japan, Italy and even the U.S. are now…

“If you could read my mind, love/What a tale my thoughts could tell.” – Gordon Lightfoot Apparently, my late father was ahead of his time. Dad once confided in me that he believed in the concept of “universal knowledge” – that God gave humans a finite physical brain to keep them from knowing EVERYTHING. Now…

I can’t help but dream this time of the year. It’s the thick of winter, you see, which means I’m spending hours huddled in my home office getting a million tax details in order for my CPA. And I’m dreaming of tax simplification. President Trump has shared a bold vision to potentially replace the income…