LIFE @ TED

Attending a TED event is one of the best ways to inspire your dreams. Attend one. Or at least watch one TED presentation per day. In Monterey, California, May 24-26, I had the privilege to go to my first, and will make it to another. They’re that helpful to meeting...

What’s Your Small and Scary Step?

Eleanor Roosevelt said that we should do “at least one thing every day” that scares us. Later, Erma Bombeck concurred, adding that real courage is tested when “taking children into a house with a white carpet.” I started to learn how to swim this New Year; the...

An Insider’s View: The Keys to Success

What are the Keys to Success when we live in Space on a voyage demandingly long — say, 200 million miles to Mars? One former astronaut I interviewed has the distinction of several completed missions including a long duration on the International Space Station. From...