Jerry Seinfeld was asked his advice on how someone could become a great comedian. He told them that the first thing they should do is get a big, wall calendar and hang it up. Next thing you do is write jokes every day. Every day that you write jokes and get better...
My son and I were going to the library the other day to drop off some books. We tried to pull into the library parking lot, but there was not one space open. Right across the street was a church with an empty parking lot. We parked our happy little sleeves over...
A few weeks ago I went down to New Orleans for a race. It was the Rock N' Roll Marathon series. My wife and I did a half marathon relay where we ran 8.5 miles and our partners ran the rest of the way. I was running right along and about Mile 5 I heard a magical voice...
This is a direct quote from my 9 year old son last week. He was enjoying an afternoon snack of cashews, while not enjoying his homework. I walked through the room, he broke out of his trance, looked up at me accusingly, and asked about the cashews. After reminding...
I'm reading a book by Colin Powell on leadership called It Worked For Me that is about some of the lessons he has learned over his long career. One story stood out to me and I think it would have a lot of meaning to you as well. He talked about a TV show he saw one...