little big things
My last blog entry was posted over a month ago. It’s not for lack of trying, I just haven’t been able to write. I don’t mean to say that I’ve been too busy to write; I mean that I haven’t been able to write. Shortly after I wrote that last post, I was in a car accident. The short version is that I…
it is what it is(n't)
So that fried egg in the image above … it’s not real. Nope. The original isn’t a photograph, either, nor was it digitally created. In actuality, it was hand drawn – completely flat, shadows and all – by Sushant Rane, a 19-year-old kid from Mumbai. Don’t believe me? Check out Sushant’s Instagram…
how i vote
I vote. During each of the seven previous presidential elections that has occurred since I turned 18, I have voted. I will do so again come election 2016. However, in these nearly 30 years of adulthood, only once have I ever told anyone how I voted. For that year’s election, I opted for a write-in…
say my name
When’s the last time you had a real honest-to-goodness “aha!” moment? For me, it was quite recently. It was so simple that I wondered how I’d missed it up until now. And yet it was so profound that I actually felt the perspective shift happen and knew at once that it would change things moving…
when you wish
I love the idea of wishes coming true. To this day, whenever I hear the original 1940s version of “When You Wish Upon A Star,” I’m transported back to 1975, a wide-eyed boy of seven or so, kneeling in my pajamas in front of the tube model TV as the opening credits to The Wonderful World of Disney…
when the dust settles
I’ve been conspicuously absent for the last month. I figured, when the dust settles, I’ll explain everything. I’m ready to do that now. Heading into 2016, I realized that I’d gotten myself into a position where I’d taken on so many extra things in order to help others that I had crowded out the…
first things first
In a recent post, I laid out my thoughts and plan for refocusing my time and energy at the start of this new year. So far, I’m pleased to say that, while I haven’t yet completely extricated myself from previous commitments I'd made, I’ve been clear-minded and steadfast in saying “no” more often in…
behind the scenes
I did something Thursday that I’d never done before (a practice of which I’m a huge advocate and practitioner). I was a guest on a live YouTube interview. I’ve spoken live a thousand times, and I’ve been interviewed by phone and on the radio. I’ve also been the interviewer in live settings. But…
Live Interview Event on YouTube
This was originally an alert page for the live interview. I'll leave the original copy, and then follow with a link to the full interview on YouTube. If you're free this afternoon and want to break out of your usual routine, I'd love to have you join in on this live interview event. I've done…
prime time
First, let me say … Happy New Year to you! I do hope your holidays were happy and that you are filled with hope and purpose as another year begins. Leading up to the holidays this year, I’ve been thinking more than usual about time (and for me, "more than usual" is saying something, because I…