It’s about parenting, teamwork and sucking it up.
Raising Hell and Raising Children
If you’re not prepared to be selfless as a parent, please – don’t have children.
If you’re not prepared to be selfless as a parent, please – don’t have children.
America Adrift
We are no longer a great nation and no amount of telling me to “move out if you don’t like it” will change that.
We are no longer a great nation and no amount of telling me to “move out if you don’t like it” will change that.
Dear Parents, Do Better
Your most important job as a parent is to produce quality citizens to release into the world.
Your most important job as a parent is to produce quality citizens to release into the world.
What Is Your Value?
Love is a nice byproduct of life. But you cannot actually buy things with it.
Love is a nice byproduct of life. But you cannot actually buy things with it. (Or can you?)
It’s Been 27 Years Since My Last Drink
Someone out there needs to read this: a play in three acts.
Someone out there needs to read this: a play in three acts.
How To Be Successful
What separates successful people from people who are merely sustainable?
What separates successful people from people who are merely sustainable?
Identity Crisis
What is America's brand?
What is America’s brand?
Self Help
Everything you need to live your life to the fullest is currently within you. It’s called a conscience.
Everything you need to live your life to the fullest is currently within you. It’s called a conscience.
How to Make the World a Better Place
Every crime committed by anyone anywhere in the world is based in the idea of selfishness.
Every crime committed by anyone anywhere in the world is based in the idea of selfishness.
Two Roads
I saw the two roads, but there was one other—no more than a path, really, covered in the brush between them.
I was on my fourth high school and was sitting in a classroom taking an SAT test. They said it was required to graduate, so I couldn’t skip that day. I had to graduate.
Light and Darkness
At their essence, every decision we make in life is based on these two ideas.
I break things down to their core elements and put them into one of two buckets: Good and bad. Or, as I like to think, light and dark. At their essence, every decision we make in life is based on these two ideas.
The River of Life
A few short years ago you were chasing make-believe boats along gutters in the rain.
At 35 you are full on in the machine of life. You’re married. Maybe you have a child of your own. You have a house. A career. You’re comfortable.
Fool In The Rain
Never underestimate serendipity.
Every time I hear Fool in the Rain I think of Martin and that taxi ride twenty-five years ago. And it always brings a smile.
Envy & Doubt
Every person you will ever meet is carrying some thing that causes them stress and discomfort.
I consider myself a pretty good writer. Which in itself is a dangerous proposition. The reason is that ego is a powerful force, and once we consider ourselves with lofty regard, we walk a tightrope between humility and pride.
Pennies from Heaven
“If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.”
“If you want to make God laugh, tell Him about your plans.”