Honoring the Illustrious Mister Maxwell

Last April, Bob Burg and I presented the great, legendary speaker Zig Ziglar with the very first Annual Go-Giver’s Lifetime Achievement Award. We wrote about it here, and shared a video of the event here. Well, it’s a new year — and time for the next Award! So who...

The Meaning of Oops

You may have seen the trailer for the movie 127 Hours, the true-life story of Aron Ralston who, while hiking out in the starkly beautiful and forbidding desert landscape of Utah gets himself stuck in a deep, narrow canyon, a fallen boulder pinning his arm so tightly...

A Man of Insight

About five years ago, I met an extraordinary man named Daniel Burrus. Dan is considered one of the world’s leading technology forecasters and business strategists. He flies all over the world consulting to Fortune 100 firms, governments, school systems and...

Baby’s First Cry

I just finished writing a book. Just this moment put the period on the final sentence. Just now. (Yes, it’s that same one I mentioned last month, here and here. I did manage to conquer the getting-started part!) It’s only a first draft, so there is much revision and...

Blessed Fragility

It’s always good to find new things to be grateful for. Today, the thing I’m most grateful for is that Ana is here with me in Massachusetts for a few days … and that she is alive. I should explain. We’ve been living down in Florida for months, helping take of her mom,...

That Difficult, Impalpable Muse

You people are so sweet and thoughtful. After my last post, about the struggles of writing, I got a stream of supportive comments. “You can do it, John!” said one friend. Added another, “How can I help?” And a third: “You’re feeling disconnected from the Muse. Go for...
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