“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.” Dalai Lama Sometimes I just want the damn Porsche. This week I was in Toronto speaking about how I built my speaking business. The room was full of consultants, speakers, authors, and...
Do you ever wonder why it takes you 24 hours to unwind on vacation? Or why after finally lining up a babysitter for the long awaited dinner date there wasn’t much to talk about (except the kids)? It’s no different with skiing, piano, meditation, or Pinochle, if you...
Do you have broken windows in your life? You, know those unfinished, must-do’s that never slide into “done”. The broken window theory was developed in the 1960’s by Philip Zimbardo, a Stanford psychologist. To prove test his theory that one bad thing attracts more bad...
I’m learning to ride a unicycle. And it’s not easy. Riding a unicycle is incredibly simple: you sit on a seat attached to a single wheel and you pedal. The objective is simple: keep pedaling you move forward. Stop pedaling you fall. I understood the concept so I tried...