Lessons from the Ladder

Not long ago, I asked hundreds of professionals a simple question: If you could change one thing about your career, what would it be? Their responses came from across industri...

More than two thousand years ago, Aristotle asked a question that still echoes through time: What does it mean to live a good life? His answer was not wealth, fame, or fleeting pleasure. It was someth...

Dear Tony, what’s it all about? Why is life so hard at times?

It’s a question I’ve been asked more than once. In fact, it’s a question most of us whisper to ourselves during the late-night quiet or i...

During my freshman year of college, I failed my first calculus exam. For someone who had always prided himself on hard work and good grades, the red ink across the top of that page hit me hard. My fir...

Four years ago, I lost one of my closest friends to a heart attack. Jarret Golwitzer and I were the same age and grew up together through high school years. We had fished together, golfed together, la...

In 1997, I found myself in Denver, Colorado, attending an industry event for the agricultural parts and service business. Most of the sessions were what you’d expect—technical talks, business insights...