My first Don’t Die book traversed the true story of business loss and health loss. The second Don’t Die book recounted the true story of a transformative 31 days of positive life change. My third book is awaiting a vibrant true story that traverses and recounts a life experience that implores us all not to...Read More
Developing the human characteristic of gratitude is central to well-being and happiness. It is only fitting that the first post of my redesigned www.ServingSuccess.com site is one expressing gratitude to Debbie Mahony of www.DesignSpinner.com Debbie, you worked tirelessly since late October to design a site that represents me and my work. I think it is...Read More
Nothing like instant gratification to inspire me to keep moving forward. That is particularly true when it seems like I am investing more time walking into a wind storm than being lifted by a wind at my back. Last night I received this message from the person who got her copy of Don’t Die at...Read More
At the launch of Don’t Die with Your Song Unsung I made a request to friends and business associates to please purchase a copy of the book on Amazon. One friend, Micheal Zislis, owner of The Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach, responded to that request with an order for enough copies of the book for...Read More
Like everyone in business I am doing a year-end evaluation. Like many, the numbers are not adding in the right direction. Twice as much work. Half as much revenue. Then I got an email that read: Song Unsung has been sitting on my desk since I got it. I read a couple of pages and...Read More
I journal each morning (and of course you do, too). I have a ritual, at the end of each month I list the good things that occurred during that month. I don’t list the negative things that have happened unless I have transformed the experience and have begun to use it in a positive way. ...Read More
One of the most enjoyable keynote speeches I ever heard was designed around quotes that made a point about the speakers life. The speaker was a trained actress so there was extra power in her delivery, yet I have always felt the very few words that constitute most quotes contain as much significance as an...Read More
Gratitude is a positive emotion usually referring to a state of thankfulness or being thankful. The definition of thankful is “conscious of benefit received.” But what does it FEEL like to be thankful? That was the question posed in my morning reading. So I got, “I am thankful for a client order.” “I am thankful...Read More
One of the many gifts I received from sitting at the community table at Red Mountain Spa was meeting Dominick Yezzo. At age 62, Dominick is a judge in Manhattan, but 19 he was a scared, seriously wounded soldier in Vietnam. Watch how he describes his experience during a recent interview on AM Arizona with...Read More
