Learning how to write a eulogy may not be at the forefront of our minds. But this year, we’ve faced our mortality with a grim collective awareness of the fragility of life, and that relationships are interdependent and dear. More people have passed on from this pandemic than any viral infection in living memory. You may have even been…

As you look forward to 2021 and reflect on the past year none of us anticipated, you can begin a special way to strengthen relationships in a memoir or meaningful recollection you wish to convey to loved ones. In that case, you may be wondering how to write a memoir so you can keep track…

This eulogy was written for my dear friend Ron Berman. I have known Ron for 40 years. He took me under his wing while he was Creative Director at FCB and I was a cub account executive. Ron became my mentor, friend, collaborator in what we could call “the fellowship of endeavors”. We were always…

Finding joy in life is a life goal for many of us. The pursuit of happiness is practically built into our DNA. But there’s also sorrow, suffering, restriction, and adversity in our existence. Happiness and joy are not the same as achievement, accomplishment, and success. The latter is defined by external circumstances, while happiness and…

For many people, Father’s Day feels like one of those contrived obligations we’re compelled to observe, perhaps grudgingly. Like Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, anniversaries, birthdays, Christmas, the list of commercially driven expectations for store-bought gifts, cards, and platitudes seem to mundanely mark the passage of time. But the list of Father’s Day ideas need not…