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Dennis Mansfield

My life’s mission today is to impart courage to others, whether I’m coaching an executive, speaking at an event, or writing a book. I am passionate about helping people overcome challenges to succeed. In business, in relationships — in life.

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What are podcasts good for?

The Mansfield Newsletter Empowering you to overcome challenges and succeed A question that divides the generations? Maybe, maybe not… Do you listen to podcasts? You don’t? Hmm, well, you’re in good company, I suppose – that is, if you were born between 1946 and 1964. You’re a Baby Boomer. And when a Baby Boomer asks another more basic question, “What really IS a podcast?” the answers to both the two questions may slap them in the face. Or: You DO listen to podcasts…AND ARE NOT A BOOMER, just...

16 days ago • 5 min read

The Mansfield Newsletter Empowering you to overcome challenges and succeed Road trips are crazy. Take for example this one. Sorry, I couldn’t resist. (Didn’t click the link? Go back and please do so… you’ll be a changed person.) I’m not completely sure whether I like road trips or whether I just like the idea of road trips. Susan and I often take road trips from Idaho, down through Utah, over into Arizona and finally through Nevada to California. We take turns driving, changing seats when we...

about 1 month ago • 6 min read

The Mansfield Newsletter Empowering you to overcome challenges and succeed There’s a children’s book by Judith Viorst entitled “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”. My wife Susan tells me it’s a story that belongs on every child’s bookshelf. “Alexander could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. He went to sleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with gum in his hair. When he got out of bed, he tripped over his skateboard and by mistake...

2 months ago • 7 min read

The Mansfield Newsletter Empowering you to overcome challenges and succeed Judging someone is a much frowned upon activity in our culture. The catchphrase, “Don’t judge me” is a commonly heard response towards one who submits an undesired summation that conflicts with the narrative of the offended person. It’s normally spoken with a shirk and a snarl… You and I may have either said it (or thought it); but is it accurate? Judging is frowned upon unless it is patently obvious to the casual...

3 months ago • 8 min read

The Mansfield Newsletter Empowering you to overcome challenges and succeed “That’s a long time to be married after so short a courtship. How did you make it work?” an acquaintance asked when he found out our details. You see, Susan and I met in January of that year, I asked her to marry me in July and we were married in November. (Valentine’s Day was the first holiday that we celebrated!) This year will be our 48th Valentine’s Day. So, yes, his question was a good one. Although short...

3 months ago • 6 min read

The Mansfield Newsletter Empowering you to overcome challenges and succeed Recently, my wife and I started binging the television show, Suits. I was enthusiastically told about this show by a close friend and co-author of mine. He raved about it; but I’d never watched a single episode. Let alone a season or two… or nine, as it turns out. Netflix made the seasons available and as a result we made ourselves available to watch them. The show is quite interesting and the script is as tight as a...

4 months ago • 6 min read

The Mansfield Newsletter Empowering you to overcome challenges and succeed Why is it that birthdays are so fun to celebrate – both for the birthday person and those celebrating with them? I was born on January 8th and today is my birthday – please hold the applause! Ha. (I did very little when it happened…) Part of the joy of celebrating one’s b-day is singing the Happy Birthday To You song. Part of it may involve other songs that have become a part of one’s birthday, along the years....

4 months ago • 5 min read

The Mansfield Newsletter Empowering you to overcome challenges and succeed For most of us, the holidays are about reunions. For many of us, reunions are all about reconnecting with those people from our familial past, many of whom are irregular, most of whom are genuinely fun to be with. It’s a hot-mess of stew. So, this Holiday Newsletter may surprise you when I write that it’s not about Christmas. No dinner, no night before Santa, no baby in a manger. It’s something very different, however...

5 months ago • 12 min read
Dennis Mansfield showing his books on his podcast, Just Around the Corner

The Mansfield Newsletter Empowering you to overcome challenges and succeed It’s rare that I send out two Newsletters so close together. Because November 22nd, 2023 is the 60th memorial anniversary of President John Kennedy’s assassination, I wanted you to view/listen to my most recently published podcast episode on the subject. In it I speak about how I wrote my new book, Empires of Dirt, along with the reasons behind spending three years of research and editing to launch it on such a...

6 months ago • 2 min read

The Mansfield Newsletter Empowering you to overcome challenges and succeed This month’s Newsletter has a bit of a different feel to it – as it must, given the history of November, 60 years ago. Allow me to explain. On the 22nd of November 60 years ago, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in plain sight, captured clearly by a Bell and Howell home-movie camera held by a Dallas clothing store owner. All history was changed that day, presidential succession caused those many changes. But...

6 months ago • 11 min read
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