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The Start of Something Big
This is a book Ana and I have been dreaming of writing for 17 years. It is our love letter to the world.
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What I Do
I have a passion for great writing. Excellence is one of my most cherished core values.
The exquisite beauty of a powerful idea expressed in words, whether through a single sentence or a 700-page novel, is something that has stirred my soul since as long as I can remember.
So . . . What I do: I search out transformational ideas and stories and bring them to life in words.
P.S. To get monthly updates on my latest books, click here.
P.P.S. To have a peek at my wedding pictures from 8-8-08, click here (and to read our vows, click here).

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
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.

A Long View on Politics
Today I’d like to talk about politics. To take a long view of politics. Specifically, the politics of one city: Longview, Texas. And even more specifically, of one particular political act in Longview, Texas. What’s so special about Longview, Texas? Well, for one...

Fuzzy Clarity
In 1996, I decided I wanted to have a career in Hollywood. Exactly how and when … that part was a little fuzzy.
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