Keynote Speaker, Author & Reinvention Architect
The weather in the Northeast was outstanding last week, and I decided to take full advantage by going to the beach. Thankfully, it’s a short drive. There’s nothing like sitting on the beach in Connecticut outside the “normal” season. I sat at the edge of the beach right before the amazing beach homes begin. To…
We’re taught to live from one accomplishment to the next. It’s part of our conditioning. I love a good “To-Do” list, but it’s a reinforcement of a belief that limits our potential and reduces our sense of happiness and joy to intermittent bursts of dopamine. The belief is that accomplishment is the singular path to…
“An empty coffee pot left on the coffee maker will shatter and hurt you.” I remember, but I can’t recall where I heard this as a kid, but it stuck with me. So much so that every morning, after I pour the last drop, I turn the machine off and place the empty pot several…
Years ago, I was sitting on the balcony of my apartment in Brooklyn, unaware of the lesson about to unfold. It was a gorgeous spring day, and the morning routine I’d started in prison was unfolding as the sun peeked over the neighboring apartment buildings. It was me, a single chair (passed from tenant to…
It’s becoming easier to live an unfulfilling life. The amount of external short-term dopamine-producing escapes from reality is increasing, and the existing platforms are becoming more effective in sucking us in. The algorithms are designed to keep us connected to whatever we’re doing for as long as possible, showing us more of what we’re drawn…
Confidence doesn’t create the extraordinary. Creating the extraordinary cultivates confidence. It wasn’t confidence that got me on the TEDx stage. It wasn’t confidence that allowed me to publish my first book. It wasn’t confidence that created my speaking business and my life (which I love). It was self-trust. Let me rewind. Delivering a TEDx, publishing…