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

Social scientists have found that the fastest way to feel happiness is to practice gratitude.

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

Many people do not distinguish between something that happens to them and their reaction to it. Yet it isn't the event or situation that holds the emotional charge; it's our beliefs that create our response.

The more we ignore our emotions, the more likely they are to wield a powerful influence over us.

Conventional wisdom suggests the primary motivator for entrepreneurs is money or wealth creation and, in fact, much of the political debate tends to center around what kind of tax or regulatory policy changes will turn corporate suits into small business adventurers overnight.

I don't know about you, but I've saved cards that old high school flames wrote me as well as those that employees have written me over the years. The power of genuine, customized appreciation will never lose its value, even in a gloomy economy... in fact, it's probably what we're all thirsty for in this desert of a depression.