We rigidify our self-image to portray a certain identity to the world, which is one of the key impediments to authenticity.

I do interview senior candidates at the home office or many of our hotel or restaurant General Manager candidates. My two favorite questions are "Tell me about a failure in your career, what you learned from it, and how you've leveraged this lesson" and "All of us are misperceived at one time or another. What's the most common way you're misperceived in the workplace and why?" Both of these questions require a certain amount of self-awareness and a willingness to not give pat, normal answers that we offer experience in interviews.

What one thing can you start counting today that will actually be meaningful in your life?

We rigidify our self-image to portray a certain identity to the world, which is one of the key impediments to authenticity.

Letting an emotion move through you is healthy. Letting an emotion define you is not.

Companies and leaders are role models - not just with the business community - but in the broader world.

Younger people tend to associate happiness more with excitement and the future, while older people tend to associate happiness with peacefulness in the present.