Vermeer’s The Concert (c. 1664) was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on March 18, 1990—along with 12 other pieces of art, including three works by Rembrandt.  The heist is known for the Vermeer painting that was taken.  If... Read More

The word is pronounced “Ick—ee—guy”.  The blend diagram has the key word in the middle and our life’s work, loves, passions, volunteer time and inherent mission orbiting around it.   I think we all have an Ikigai blend diagram in our... Read More

“Without ambition one starts nothing.  Without work one finishes nothing.  The prize will not be sent to you.  You have to win it.”    Ralph Waldo Emerson Ambition.  Some of us don’t have it and some of us have too much... Read More