Dancing With The Facts
The year was 1968. Audrey was a childless widow in her fifties who dreamed of dancing like Ginger Rogers. So when a friend invited her to a dance party at…
Lightning Bolts and Mystery Spots
My friend Bruce has a talent for changing the way I think. A few years ago he shared one single sentence that changed the way I hug, kiss, love and…
How to Learn Twice as Much in Half the Time
At the age of 60, I decided to do something my friends thought was insane: take the Arizona bar exam. I graduated from law school way back in 1974, but…
Put Enough Paint on the Brush
My grandfather was a house painter. In his lifetime he must have painted hundreds of houses inside and out. He was a happy, outgoing man who made friends easily. It…
FEAR
When I was 12 years old, I lived next door to the most beautiful girl in the world. Ok, maybe not the entire world, but my world, for sure. I…
Special Skin
I didn’t have a dad growing up. Mom raised me, for the most part. I did have an uncle who was like my father. His name is Greg Hague. Uncle…
The Word that Earned Me Millions
The year was 1960. I was 12 and obsessed with having a Red Ryder BB Gun. I had grand visions of hunting with my dad, Chubby. The problem? It was…
Read The Frickin’ Manuals
I am a fan of Shark Tank, particularly outspoken, maverick entrepreneur and billionaire, Mark Cuban. We all know that Mark Cuban is a wildly successful businessman, investor and owner of the…
Better, Faster, Cheaper
When my son Brian was seven, he asked Santa for a pair of basketball shoes. These weren’t just any basketball shoes. They were the latest, coolest, most-talked-about shoes on the planet.…
A Tale of Two Young Men
There’s an iconic story of two young men. Picture a beautiful, spring afternoon 25 years ago. Two young men stand next to each other, graduating from a small, midwestern college. These…