Final Thoughts — Post #4

Here’s another final reflection heard by Professor Tony Komaroff (M.D.), Professor at Harvard Medical School. A 65 man, with end stage lung cancer, leaving the hospital to spend his last days at home. We pushed him in a wheelchair to the front door of the hospital where his family was waiting in the car, their […]

Final Thoughts — Post #3

Here’s another final reflection heard by Professor Tony Komaroff (M.D.), Professor at Harvard Medical School. She was woman in her 70’s dying from colon cancer. “We remember the past so much better than the present. They say it’s aging but I don’t think it’s that simple. I think it’s because when you’re young, everything is […]

Final Thoughts — Post #2

Here’s another final reflection heard by Professor Tony Komaroff (M.D.), Professor at Harvard Medical School. A man in his 80’s. He never married, had no family, and never seemed lonely. He was a performing artist who made a lot of money, spent a lot of time in Vegas, and died poor. When asked how he […]

Final Thoughts — Post #1

I recently met Professor Tony Komaroff (M.D.), a Professor at Harvard Medical School. In his profession as a medical doctor, he’s heard the last words and final thoughts of many individuals. Over the next week, I will post some of the reflections he’s heard. Here’s the first one… A 70 year old woman with breast […]

Quote of the Day

Publisher William Feather once said, “No man is a failure who is enjoying life.” More importantly, no one is a success who isn’t.

Quote of the Day

“We long for a simpler way. I, for one, want to give up my need to make things happen and learn to allow life to unfold. I want to do my work … not as an expert but as a partner, supporting my clients and students in their individual dances with life. ” Charlotte Shelton, […]

Quote from Marshall Field

“One of the secrets of not having a nervous breakdown is not having goals.” — Marshall Field, founder of the large Chicago department store chain

Quote from Bernando Bertolucci

“My only goal is to have no goals. The goal, every time, is that film, that very moment.” — Academy Award-winning director Bernando Bertolucci (“The Last Emperor,” “Last Tango in Paris”)

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers, recently gave a commencement speech at Stanford University. It is the story of his life. He describes why dropping out of college led to the design of the computer interface as we know it today. Why getting fired by Apple the first time led to the creation of Pixar […]