Last year, I was invited by my dear friends Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta to be a guest speaker/presenter/panelist at the 2012 Superstars Writing Seminar. This year, I have the honor of being the first guest presenter to be … Continue reading →
Our lives are mythologies. We may believe they are small, and at times, insignificant — but no one’s life really is. Every life is significant, and every detail of those lives is important to someone. That’s a mythology — a … Continue reading →
The true measure of a leader can be determined not by counting the number of followers they have, but by counting the number of people they serve. The true worth of a leader can be measured by counting the number … Continue reading →
1) Think about all the great things you would try if you knew you would not fail. 2) Realize that the reason you have not tried is because you are afraid you might fail. 3) Consider that all that is … Continue reading →
Thanks to my new friends Larry and Robin at WOCA radio in Ocala, Florida, and their gracious plug for this website (and kind suggestion for listeners to buy Drawing Out The Dragons here instead of from Amazon, which I’m totally … Continue reading →
Most things that are true also aren’t very complicated. One truth which is easy to grasp but harder to implement involves the concept of self-improvement. Most people waste huge swaths of their lives trying to work out all the ways … Continue reading →
Some Meditations need no explanation or embellishment. Some truths are simply self-evident. This one is.
Continue reading →A favorite quote, on a card I keep on display in my office: “They came to sit and dangle their feet off the edge of the world, & after awhile they forgot everything but the good and true things they … Continue reading →
During a conversation this morning about something in another context entirely, my wife made a comment that was startling to me. She said “These books are going to be very important to a lot of people, maybe important to the … Continue reading →
A lot of notable people have made very public statements about how having great failures is a necessary part of learning: whether it’s in business, or the creative arts, or whatever else, they all frame it as a noble rite … Continue reading →