Take This Year’s Annual Meeting Speech From Awful to Awesome.
Or, Quit Being so Adaptable! I have a very important piece of coaching for any executive who ever speaks at the yearly company event. Stop being so adaptable. That’s right, STOP IT! Adaptability is one of the things that makes we humans one of the most abundant species on the planet. It has also helped us […]
What the Human Brain Craves
Here is a story from my travels around the world on a year long surf trip. It won First Prize in a surf wipe-out story contest and it’s a totally true story. It also illustrates a point that you will do well to consider in your own story telling! SurfPulse/Surfco Wipeout Contest Results The Winner of the SurfPulse/Surfco […]
Innovation and Entrepreneurs at the Antrepreneur Center in Irvine!
I’m an honorary ANTrepreneur! I had the honor and privilege of joining Ryan Foland, David Ochi and their awesome students at the Blackstone Launchpad at UCIrvine! It’s an amazing place. It is also one of only three California locations which are the final expansion of a campus entrepreneurship program called Blackstone LaunchPad which is already underway in Michigan, […]
The REAL Reason I Love Attending TEDActive
Yes, the speeches are amazing. Yes, the locations are beautiful. Yes, the accommodations are posh. AND, what is the REAL reason I go well out of my way to attend TEDActive every year? It’s the people. As the final person in the video says: “I’m part of a tribe that will continuously inspire me for […]
Who Wants to Make a Difference?
At TEDxVilnius I got a last minute opportunity to share something I call the compliment experiment. If you’re someone who wants to make a difference in the world, and I bet you are, then you might enjoy this short talk. I’ll let it speak for itself. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/88798731[/vimeo]
New LA Bootcamp Date just announced!
You’ve been asking me when the next bootcamp is happening and I’m very excited to say that I just finalized working with the New Visions Foundation (Thank you Kevin!) and we’re putting on a Speaker Bootcamp this March 26th, 2014 from 12:30 – 5pm in Santa Monica and the parking is ample and free. It’s […]
TEDxVilnius – I Wish You Could Have Joined Us
I wish you could have been with us on Feruary 22nd, 2014. Flash and I just returned from Vilnius, Lithuania. It was an amazing time. Working with the vast majority of the speakers for a couple of months ahead of time. Then working with all of them at the run through the day before. And […]
You’re Always Practicing Something.
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how “you are always practicing something…” I’ll tell you what I mean. I have a teenage neighbor who comes over and helps me on a regular basis. He’s dating now, so the motivation to make some cash is strong with him! And, I notice that when he doesn’t […]
My Appearance on Road To TED
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How I crashed the Road To TED podcast
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