O Captain! My Captain! The Enduring Legacy of Those Who Lead. From Walt Whitman’s tribute to Abraham Lincoln to Dead Poets Society and Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), the image of a captain reminds us that great leadership lives on in those it influences. “O Captain! My Captain!” Four words. …

A September Reset for Your Masterwork. There’s something about September. The kids go back to school. The summer haze lifts. And whether we admit it or not, most of us treat it like a second January: a natural line in the sand to reset, refocus, and get serious again before …

DOLLY PARTON: Flags at Half-Staff for the Queen of Country Flags were lowered to half-staff to honor Dolly Parton who died Tuesday, August 25, 2026, surrounded by loved ones in Nashville at age 80.  Her family announced her death at Vanderbilt-Ingram hospital after a brief battle with cancer in a …

Dolly Parton’s Threads shows Masterwork in action: a lifetime of songs assembled, cultivated, and shared through others’ voices.

Ascent 2: After the Hero’s Journey Ends, the Odyssey Begins. There’s a graphic with mountains and two ascents below that tells a story… before you climb it. The first peak is labeled Hero’s Journey, Ascent 1. Behind it, taller, sits a second peak: The Odyssey, Ascent 2. Most people spend …