The next time you are looking for a good – no, great – book to read, I would wholeheartedly recommend "Casals and the Art of Interpretation" by David Blum. This wonderful book...

I spend way too much time traveling on airplanes. Much of it is exhausting. Lots of it is frustrating. Often it is debilitating. But last week I had a wonderfully illuminating...

While watching television, I heard a line that made me stop and think. "I'm responsible for what I say, not what you hear." On the surface, those words are quite powerful, seem...

A few months ago, a teacher sent me a copy of a note she had received from one of her students. The teacher shared with me that the student was often on the verge of quitting...

When we stand in front of a group of beginners (or not beginners for that matter!) we know that we can start by assessing many things that are shared by everyone before we start...

Picture taking your first flying lesson and being asked by your flight instructor to land the plane by yourself. Or that during your first driving lesson you were asked to...

Yogi Berra, in his inimitable way, said, "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." And I guess that's really very true for almost every aspect of life. But...

Decades ago, while reading the newspaper I came across a poem by Martin Buxbaum, entitled “Success.” It astounded me with its simple, yet remarkably profound sentiment. It made...

“Aut inveniam viam aut faciam,” which in Latin translates to, “I shall either find a way or make one.” I read those words the other day and immediately thought it was a beautiful...