A common theme that battalion and brigade commanders hear at the National Training Center (NTC) is the need to “set conditions.” Setting conditions means making preparations, across all of the ...

There are a few defining moments in a relationship but, before any of those, you have to actually define the relationship — that big conversation that asks where you two are going, what you want, and ...

Sylvia Acevedo, CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA, grew up living on a dirt road in New Mexico, the daughter of immigrant parents who survived paycheck to paycheck. Cisco’s former CEO, John Chambers, ...

It's a common belief that one must be alone or single to truly understand oneself. While there's some truth to this, the process of defining oneself is deeply intertwined with family dynamics.

When asked to define your brand’s purpose, it is easy to reply with the flippant response of “to make money.” And as business owners and entrepreneurs — and yes, even marketers — can agree, making ...

Maybe Frederick Buechner is right. Maybe all moments are key moments. “In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden ...

Albert Einstein once said, “If I were given one hour to save the planet, I would spend 59 minutes defining the problem and one minute resolving it.” While that may sound extreme, it does highlight the ...

Thirty years ago, the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D., N.Y.) wrote a seminal essay titled “Defining Deviancy Down.” He argued that Americans had “become accustomed to alarming levels of crime ...