(For those of you who are not familiar with this series or the benefits of modeling success, please read the beginning of this post) This third interview of the Modeling Success Series reminds me why I love what I do and how much I enjoy meeting and learning [...]
2 months, 7 continents, 49,599 miles later, I'm home. This trip around the world was amazing in many ways - the food, the sights, the people ... but all of that was to be expected from a trip like this. What I didn't expect was [...]
(3 days ago - At the office) "It's just a corporate basketball league game and I need the exercise anyway." "What could possibly go wrong?" (At the game - Whistle blows - Game starts) Like any other basketball game, you hear the basketball bouncing, sneakers [...]
Generally, people are good. At least that’s what I believe and it has served me well. So why is it that some of them do bad things? Unthinkable things? From genocides to bullying From terrorism to financial fraud From smoking to working way too much [...]
Seventeen years before Steve Job's famous commencement address at Stanford in 2005, William Zinsser addressed the graduating class at Wesleyan University with a speech that was phenomenal. I came across this commencement address while writing up a recent interview I had with Mr. Zinsser. He told me [...]
(Love and Marriage theme song plays) ...goes together like a horse and carriage... ...and you can't have one without the other... (music slowly fades) This song came to my head as I was writing this post and I thought it would make for some nice [...]
"Don't worry. Be happy." Just four words with two simple suggestions. Yet, it's easier said than done. Why is that? Think about it for a few seconds before reading on. "Don't worry. Be happy." Did you come up with anything? If not, don't worry. It's not [...]
Warren Buffett is successful in investing and building long-term businesses. Bill Gates is successful in creating a software empire that has changed the way we use computers. Gandhi was successful in leading India into independence from the British. Success comes in many ways and forms. [...]
As we get older, we tend to believe the cliché "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" because we've seen many examples proving it to be somewhat accurate. There are people out there who don't know how to use a smart phone, shop online [...]
Who says? This is one of the many limiting beliefs we place upon ourselves that stops us from living the life we want. We all experience setbacks not within our control but what we can control is our reaction. If we were born without fingers [...]
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