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Quality of Life Perspectives: Mike Krzyzewski Talks about Associating with Good People

I had the immense opportunity to interview Mike Krzyzewski at the Milken Conference earlier this year.  Coach K is one of the most successful coaches in any sport on any level. However, Mike is probably even more respected today for his role as a leadership expert, a motivational speaker and a philanthropist.

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Top Ten Quality of Life Contributors by Avil Beckford

Quality of life for me is doing the things that bring joy. Over the past five years I have learned a lot about what does not work for me and I have turned over a new leaf.
1.  Reading
I am an avid reader, and reading is one of the simple pleasures in my life. I go [...]

Top Ten Quality of Life Contributors by Gil Gerstein

Quality of life to me is living and loving consciously, embracing life’s experiences, making small yet attainable goals and enjoying all the little moments that life brings.
1.  Think Positive
I believe that people are inherently good, things are always getting better and all challenges can be turned into accomplishments. By embracing struggle as a learning experience, [...]

Top Ten Quality of Life Contributors by Cynthia Chin

We live in a time when more and more people realize that life is not just about existing but absolutely be about living to the fullest. Most of us perceive ourselves to be stuck in whatever rut that we cannot possibly get out of at the moment, for whatever reasons. I’d like to think otherwise. [...]

Quality of Life Perspectives: Ariane de Bonvoisin Talks about the Little Things

I had the opportunity to interview Ariane de Bonvoisin this summer.  We met last year and I have quickly become a fan of her endeavors.
Ariane is the author of First 30 Days: Your Guide to Making Any Change Easier and has built a media company around her desire to help people enjoy life more.  Ariane [...]

Free report: Ten Tips to Greater Quality of Life

The most frequent question we get from people is, “So, with all the interviews  you’ve done, what are the commonalities that you’ve seen?”
We are now ready to report back to you the common practices that have emerged through all our interviews.
We aren’t offering a road map; but rather a simple recap of what practices and [...]

Quality of Life Perspectives: Interview with Mark McKinnon

I had the pleasure of interviewing Mark McKinnon while I was in Austin not too long ago.  A friend of mine Megan Hundahl, who heard great things about Mark from her days at CNN, recommended I reach out to him for an interview.
As I started to research Mark, it was clear he would be a [...]

What does quality of life mean to me?

I had lunch recently with the managing editor of Keith Ferrazzi’s company Ferrazzi Greenlight.  She asked if I could put together a small piece on what quality of life means to me.
It’s funny because you would think I would have written something along these lines given our organization.  The thing is we always see ourselves [...]

Guy Kawasaki Shares His Views on Quality of Life

I was real stoked to get a chance to talk to Guy Kawasaki at South by Southwest about what quality of life means to him.  Ever since his 2006 post, “How to be a Mensch,” I knew I needed to interview Guy for my quality of life project.
People love Guy for his thought leadership on [...]

Perspectives on Quality of Life: Gary Player on Importance of Energy (first post using audio excerpts from my interviews)

Gary Player is one of the most amazing people I’ve met.  Gary is best known as being one of the greatest golfers in the history of the game (he is the only player to have won a Grand Slam on both the PGA and Senior’s tours.). He’s 73 years old and has more energy and [...]