Keynote Speaker, Author & Reinvention Architect
It’s early in the morning; the sun hasn’t yet risen. The last pinks of the sunrise give way to a clear blue sky of a glorious fall day. A few cirrus clouds slowly transform and evolve, adding dimensionality to an already beautiful skyscape. I understand why Monet preferred to paint by the morning and evening…
You do the same thing every day, every week, and every month. And you get the same results every day, every week, and every month. You have a routine. It’s safe, certain, like a cozy blanket wrapped around you, and it’s working for you. But is it? Is your routine driving you to the life…
What were you designed to do? The 1973 Porsche Carrera 2.7 RS is widely considered one of the greatest sports cars of the 1970s. The Carrera RS 2.7 was conceived as a 911-derived race car and was the first production street/race 911 widely offered to the public. At the time, it was the fastest German…
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…
I started writing Blank Canvas when I was in prison. I used those black and white composition notebooks from high school and a cheap Bic pen. I used an iPhone when I was released to the halfway house because it was all I had. When I went home, I used an iPad from 2012 because…