True power in terms of influence or dominance in the 21st century will be what it has always been but perhaps with sufficient freedom to finally break free of its constraints. Often when we measure power we measure economic and military strength but is this an accurate measurement of power? Is there something else that is more pervasive and powerful? Yes, and that is ideas in combination with the systems to implement those ideas. Countries...

As you grow from a child to an adult you begin to discover the true meaning of gift giving that you’ve always appreciated if not always realized. Remember when you were young and a birthday or a holiday came and how excited you were to get gifts. You were not concerned with the meaning of the gift so much as what the gift actually was and it had better not be clothing if you were a boy. Nothing ruined the wonder of opening a gift...

How many possibilities do you see when faced with a challenge? Do you see many or do you see few? How we see the world controls the possibilities we consider and either helps or limits us in achieving what is important in our lives. Imagine you are at the end of your life. You believe you have two possibilities, one is that you go to heaven the other is that you go to hell. This is ‘black and white’, absolutes thinking. With...