Bruce Kasanoff’s Post

If you want to understand how you got to this point in your own life, please read this.

Here's a manifesto that awakens you to all the areas in which you may have subjugated yourself to someone else's agenda. It's a path back to the real you.

If your boss just doesn't get it, this could help.

Love found me Tuesday night. Lying on the floor of the local convention center, at the end of a very large breathwork class, I felt embraced by divine love. It was a magical, truly magnificent feeling, one I have never experienced before. Gradually, a memory filled my being. My instructions coming into this life were to awaken and then remember my connection to divine love. Doing so would protect me from pain and suffering, and allow me to move through this life with grace and courage. That's not what happened. For 60+ years, I forgot that we are ALL connected to divine love. It doesn't matter what you believe or what you were taught. Then, another thought filled my mind: 60+ years to remember is not that bad. It was almost as though God was trying to cheer me up. "Don't worry, kid, I know a lot of people who take much longer. Everyone forgets at first. That's just part of the way this life works." To be clear, I didn't actually hear those words. But that's the feeling I had. This is not a story about me. It's a story about us. There's nothing unique about me or my experience. Later today or tonight, whenever you can be in a quiet and safe place, lie down and ask love to surround you. Be patient. Set aside all expectations. While you are waiting for divine love to surround you, embrace yourself with your own love. P.S. Thanks to Jake Housdon for reminding me that's it's okay to be human, genuine, vulnerable and spiritual... even on LinkedIn.

Do you think that someone who has great intuition in things has more intelligence? #intuition #intelligence

It was a day just like any other, until it wasn't...

My most powerful lesson came to me in graduate school, but I am still grasping its true impact.

Think you know what's going on in your boss's mind? Think again. Discover six surprising truths about the workplace that your boss wishes you knew, but probably won't tell you directly.

Government taxes are nothing compared to the unnecessary taxes many people pay on their very existence. These taxes have nothing to do with religion; they are a function of four elements you can control yourself.

Fascinating article in the WSJ about Morris Chang, who started Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) when he was 55 years old. The piece describes a study of 2.7 million U.S. founders which revealed that "50-year-old founders were almost twice as likely to achieve major success as 30-year-old founders, while the founders with the lowest chance of success were the ones in their early 20s. In other words, successful entrepreneurs are more likely to be middle-aged, not young.  Plus, the odds are dramatically higher in your favor if you have prior employment in the area—both the general sector and specific industry—of your startup. Link to article in my comment below. Thanks to Jeffrey Bernstein, MBA, CPA for the tip.