What belongs outdoors in summer has been carefully kept alive indoors through winter. These geraniums may be inside for now, but they still need what living things need: sunlight, warmth, water, fertilizer, and tender loving care. And they are responding. One pot is producing more and more buds each week, as though it senses that a new season is near. Perhaps it is the longer daylight after spring forward. Perhaps it is simply the quiet signal that spring is on the way. But a

In my life, I have been blessed with several opportunities to start new things — from launching departments to founding companies. Each...