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Would You Rather Live a Happy Life or Meaningful Life?

Would You Rather Live a Happy Life or Meaningful Life?

by Mike Cobb | Oct 25, 2017 | Leadership Culture and Personal Development

I assume that most if not all of us would answer “I want both”. But what if you had to choose one or the other? Would you choose to be happy even if you had no clear, well-defined and committed purpose in life? Or would you choose instead to live a life of meaning even if it meant being miserable? A cogent argument…

Admitting That You Don’t Have the Answers…It’s Not Easy

Admitting That You Don’t Have the Answers…It’s Not Easy

by Mike Cobb | Oct 19, 2017 | Leadership Culture and Personal Development

What do you do if you overhear a conversation among strangers that is so egregious, that runs counter to your fundamental principles, that you have to speak up and say, “wait a minute…

Buddha’s Brain Meditation Research Reports

Buddha’s Brain Meditation Research Reports

by Mike Cobb | Jul 12, 2017 | Leadership Culture and Personal Development

Back in March I wrote an article, Amidst the Cacophony, that touched on the power of silent meditation and attending to the “soft, still voices that come from the depths” in an age of sensory overload. In that article I…

Attention is the Rarest and Purest Form of Generosity

Attention is the Rarest and Purest Form of Generosity

by Mike Cobb | May 3, 2017 | Leadership Culture and Personal Development

While I have never been a big fan of LBJ, I have always found this quote both amusing and emblematic of his ability to accomplish his objectives by bringing his seeming…

Larry Jones the Horseman

Larry Jones the Horseman

by Mike Cobb | Apr 26, 2017 | Leadership Culture and Personal Development

J. Larry Jones has horse racing in his blood. From an early age he must have known he was destined to be a horseman, and a great one at that. Larry’s a horse trainer. A trainer…

Your Way, My Way or Our Way?

Your Way, My Way or Our Way?

by Mike Cobb | Apr 19, 2017 | Leadership Culture and Personal Development

Back in the mid- to late-nineties I did a lot of work in South America. While in the throes of working through the terms of a business arrangement, my Colombian business partner made …

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