Peripheral Vision

Peripheral Vision

My issue with “goal-setting”: looking directly at something is not necessarily the best way to see it.

Remember Where You Came From

Remember Where You Came From

There is a Greek myth about a man named Antaeus who taught us this: as long as you stay connected to where you came from, you cannot be conquered.

Storyteller

Storyteller

My mom was a storyteller. Of all the stories she told me, one of my favorites was her riff about the irate parent and the French class. It goes like this.

Make It Rain

Make It Rain

When I was 16, a group of friends and I decided to start our own high school. Obviously, a group of kids with their heads in the clouds.

Death of a Habit

Death of a Habit

I smoked for twenty-eight years. Since I was a solid pack-a-day guy for more or less that entire time, this translates into ten thousand, two hundred twenty-seven packs (including leap years). One day, I decided to quit.

Pindar in the Classroom

Pindar in the Classroom

Students in classrooms around the globe, absorbing the lessons of Pindar’s Paradox: The more you give, the more you have. I can’t think of anything more gratifying.

The Gorgeous Moment

The Gorgeous Moment

That first step, the part of writing a story where there are no sentences and paragraphs yet, the part where there is only the empty blankness of the page, that is by far the hardest part. It’s also my favorite part.

Angels of Our Better Nature

Angels of Our Better Nature

In the photo above, taken circa 1952, you see that boy in the middle? The one who looks so happy and carefree? He isn’t. He’s terrified. How do I know this? Because I’ve spent the last year working with him on his story. People have asked me, what’s it like to write...

This Moment Forever

This Moment Forever

One day early this month, Mike Cameron, an author and speaker friend in Canada, sat on the couch talking with his girlfriend, Colleen. At dinner that night they’d been discussing an interview Mike had just done with my buddy and Go-Giver coauthor Bob Burg. Now,...

Reacher Transcendent

Reacher Transcendent

Child’s masterpiece is about the pain, poignancy, and inevitability of the passage of an age as it makes way for the next, and how we deal with that change.

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