Are toddlers really smarter than the elderly?
A friend of mine works in the healthcare industry helping people to quit smoking by providing strategies and incentives to those who are willing and able to quit. Using a…
The fascinating history of Softsoap: A lesson in ingenuity and tenacity
Some people are simply more clever and tenacious than others, and this is why they are successful. In 1980, Robert R. Taylor began selling Softsoap through his company, Minnetonka Corp.…
The secret to happiness is based upon perspective and expectation.
Shaquille O’Neal, the former basketball superstar, NBA champion, actor, and the MBA- and PhD-holding business impresario, offers his secret to happiness: My secret is waking up saying it could be…
Upcoming appearances
On Saturday, May 31, I’ll be speaking at the Barnes & Noble at the Buckland Hills Mall in Manchester, CT at 2:00 PM. My agent will be with me, so…
Storytellers are important, but it’s within the audience that you find the true beauty of storytelling.
As Elysha and I celebrate our first anniversary of Speak Up, our Hartford based storytelling organization, we have many reasons to be thankful. Since May of last year, we have…
I am happily clueless about many things. It seems to make people very angry.
More than a week after Jill Abramson’s firing as executive of the New York Times, This American Life’s host Ira Glass still hadn’t heard the news. This is surprising. The…
SportsCenter anchor? No big deal. Actor in a 30 second commercial? AWE INSPIRING.
My friend, Bram Weinstein, is an ESPN anchor. When I first met him, I stood in awe of his occupation and talent. This is understandable. There was a time in…
Deathbed regrets revisited 2014
Three years ago, in response to a piece listing the most frequent death bed regrets of the dying, I listed what I thought would be my most likely death bed…
The brief but surprising history of Uggs
A student recently asked me if Uggs were invented in colonial times. Good thing we started our colonial research recently. In researching the origins of Uggs, I found some interesting…
Small boy. Big words. Enormous inspiration.
There have been many inspirational speeches throughout history. Knute Rockne’s “One for the Gipper” speech. The Saint Crispin’s Day speech from Shakespeare’s Henry V (which sounds surprisingly like the speech…
