Life is what happens while you are making otherplans. I have devoted a lot of space in this column toplanning and goal setting. Reality offers an endless barrageof diversions, detours, challenges, and obstacles.This fact doesn’t negate the benefit of preparation. Itsimply requires an understanding of the typeof forces at work.A sailor would be remiss if he didn’t understandhow to handle …

I saw a castle rising out of the sea – or so I thought.It was a photo that popped up on my computer screen:a breathtaking shot of the southern coast of Australia. Anisland sat in the middle of the water, waves lappinggently against its rugged edges, and rightin the middle stood something that looked likean old-world fortress, straight out of …