My Story, Part 5: Psychology and Business- Finally My Answer

The years 1999-2002 were wonderful work years for me because I found joy not just in being a high performer but in helping others develop and be all they could be. I had many deep rich friendships with clients and members of my team some of which continue today. I also knew it was time to give back and I started teaching part-time in a major business school because most of my success was enabled by teachers and mentors. It was more than time to give back.  

In 2002, I moved full-time into academia. That gave me the opportunity to bring my love of humanistic psychology (which I developed in 1966-1968) into the big work world through my teaching, research and writing. The last 18 years have been the most meaningful work I have done personally and professionally. I have been on a personal journey to Inner Peace for years and over those 18 years, my professional focus has evolved through these themes: “Organizational Excellence”; “Values-Based Leadership”: “Human Excellence: Cognitively, Emotionally & Behaviorally”; “Humanizing the Workplace”; “Modernizing Capitalism: Saving the American Dream”; “Humility Is the New Smart”;  and “Hyper-Learning”.

I started out in academia focusing on high performance organizations and that led to leadership excellence and that led to human excellence – cognitively, emotionally and behaviorally. Humanistic Psychology became integral to my academic work and my consulting work 35 years after it ignited a passion in my heart in undergraduate school.

My work, life and academic experiences underlie both the Humility and the Hyper-Learning book. It is a book that invites you to join the “Journey to Your Best Self” through the development of “Inner Peace”, which will enable a “New Way of Being” and a “New Way of Working”: Hyper-Learning, which I believe will help you live a meaning life with meaningful work and meaningful relationships in the transformative Digital Age. 

Wishing you all the best—