Keynote Speaker, Author & Reinvention Architect
What’s actually missing? I’m working on my second book. It’s a prequel to “Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life After Prison.” I’m capturing the journey that landed me in prison and the lessons learned in the decade of reinventing my life. In the chapter I’m writing, I’m speaking to my younger self. It’s the…
Lessons are everywhere if we’re open to seeing them. We have a new water filter/dispenser. It’s one of those rectangular ones with a spout. On Friday night, before going to bed, my wife filled it to the brim in preparation for filling numerous water bottles for our day at the beach on Saturday. I opened…
“Keeping up with the Joneses.” The term conjures up images of people displaying their prosperity through their homes, cars, clothes, country clubs, and parties. It’s a code term for materialism and flaunting your wealth, but underneath it lies a desperate need to fit in. Keeping up with the Joneses is a constant comparison; it’s a…
Purpose. Purpose. Purpose. You have to find your purpose. There is a lot of content out there about finding one’s purpose, and there is a lot of pressure to do so. Because if you don’t, you’re doing life wrong. Many fall prey to the belief that their life is incomplete without it, so they chase…
When I worked in corporate sales, life felt one-dimensional. Chase deals, land deals, spend commission checks on a luxurious lifestyle. It was one chase after another, with constant anxiety that there wouldn’t be another deal around the corner – or even worse, I’d lose a client. The luxurious lifestyle was my attempt to give meaning…
What makes life rich and meaningful? Towards the end of his life, an interviewer asked Norman Mailer (American novelist, journalist, playwright, filmmaker, and Pulitzer Prize winner) if he had any regrets. One may think he’d list some common regrets: more time with family, less time working, or more time in nature. Not quite, his reply,…