Archive for April 2022

Author Sallie Tisdale argues that we get ready to die by first admitting that “we are all future corpses pretending we don’t know.” I’m not sure that I agree. I am both: The least prepared to die of anyone I know. More persistently, relentlessly aware of my mortality than anyone I know. Two near-death experiences…

I spend so much of my time with clients arguing in favor of zigging when others are zagging. Do the thing that others are afraid to do. Tell stories. Be personal. Be funny. Be vulnerable. Take that mind-numbingly bland marketing deck or standard sales pitch or benign keynote and do something that no one has…

On Saturday, Charlie attended a baseball clinic at Dunkin Donuts Field, home of the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats. He was so excited about playing on a professional baseball field. The night before, we drove by the stadium as a game was in progress. All lit up, stands filled with fans, the field looked like a…

Charlie asks me, “What’s a tambourine.” “A tambourine?” I say. “It’s one of those jangly thingys.” I slap my thigh to imitate the playing of a tambourine. Charlie looks confused. “You know,” I say. “You had one when you were little. We might still have it. That jangly thing.” I bang on my thigh more…

This past weekend, fans in the Yankee Stadium bleachers threw objects onto the field and at the Cleveland Guardian outfielders. I may be a New York Yankees fan, but I’m not a fan of throwing objects onto the field and especially at ballplayers. People who throw objects at defenseless human beings are  damn cowards. Lowlife,…

As we begin to (knock on wood) slowly emerge from this pandemic, I’ve found myself inexplicably and almost desperately wanting to attend a midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in all its glory. Not just the film, of course. The fully pantomimed, acted out, audience participation, dance-in-the-aisles blend of movie and live performance…

I’ve solved 99 Wordle puzzles in a row. If I solve tomorrow’s puzzle correctly, I’ll hit 100 in a row. I’m getting uncommonly intense and unusually stressed over an arbitrary three-digit number attached to a meaningless word puzzle that only I care about. Damn you, Wordle. Wordle 309 4/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I’m a member of Generation X, the last generation to grow up in an analog world before stepping firmly into a digital one. It was a perfect time to be alive: A childhood entirely absent of computers and the internet, filled with the outdoors, cassette tapes, and books, followed by all of the advantages of…

Recently, I criticized Sean Haye’s for saying that “Everything happens for a reason,” which is a stupid thing to say and believe. I return again with another Sean Haye’s criticism, despite the fact I still like the guy a lot. But on a recent episode of the podcast “Smartless,” he said to author Michael Lewis:…

Join me on Saturday, June 18 at the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, CT for the launch of my next book, Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life.  I’ll be telling stories from the book, offering some brand new strategies for making your creative dreams come true, and taking questions…