I speak fifteenth-century Spanish, known as Judeo-Español or Spanjolit, a language I learned from my grandmother. She didn’t know any other language. Up until the Holocaust, we lived in a Jewish ghetto where everyone spoke Judeo-Español.

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When faced with a difficult decision, we often isolate ourselves to think it through and reach a conclusion. Sometimes, we act on that decision. Other times, we put it on the back burner and leave it unresolved.

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One of my mistakes in life was opening a high-class, sit-down restaurant. I had consulted for many restaurant chains over the years, and I thought I knew how to run a restaurant. I wanted one with Turkish food, which I love, especially since there were no Turkish restaurants in Santa Barbara, where I reside.

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It is normal to expect; it is normal to want; it is normal to desire. We are human beings with needs, and these are expressed through desiring, wanting, and expecting.

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During the Adizes Institute annual convention, Prof. Rajendra Sisodia, leader of the Conscious Capitalism movement, commented that to manage with the heart, with love, which should be the future of management if humanity is going to survive, it is not enough to have mutual trust and respect.

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More than once, successful executives have emphasized to me the importance of luck. “A lot of our success,” they said, “is simply being in the right place at the right time. We were lucky, and we succeeded.”

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