Archive for 2022

In relationships, my advice is this: Look for somebody you can enjoy just sitting beside in close proximity. Marriages and other long-term relationships are mostly spent just chilling out together. Even the most adventurous souls spend most of their time sitting and lying down beside each other. Make certain that the love of your life…

I’m assembling the worst peanut butter and jelly sandwich on the planet in the cafeteria at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Organic, all-natural peanut butter and jam that is essentially raspberry-flavored seeds. I’m sure it would’ve been delicious had I not been me. I open a bread box and reach in for two…

I like this graphic because it’s not a comparison between poor and rich. It’s a comparison between normal and rich. It’s a thing that I have understood and practiced for nearly two decades, but I wish I had understood and practiced it from the moment I started working.

While listening to Hamilton last week, Charlie pointed out the moments when the show breaks the fourth wall and specifically addresses the audience and its existence, as well as when the  show “stays inside itself.” He also expressed his approval of these particular artistic choices. I express support for Charlie’s constant desire to analyze the…

Better career: Do excellent work Better health: Eat healthier food and exercise Better social life: Volunteer Improved wealth: Spend less and invest more Improved happiness: Watch less and do more

I came home from a weekend of teaching storytelling and found the house decorated for Christmas. Beautiful. Right? And other than the Christmas tree, everything was done by Elysha and the kids. She’s come a long way. Back in 2003, my Jewish wife celebrated her first Christmas with me after moving in together. She chose…

My friend, Erin, recently reminded me of a slightly scary and utterly bizarre moment that we shared years ago when I was on tour for my book “Storworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling.” I was speaking at the New York City Public Library, and I had asked Erin,…

I purchased the complete collection of Gary Larson’s “The Far Side” comics: The Complete Far Side: 1980-1994 19.94 pounds of hilarity. I actually bought the collection for my business. “The Far Side” is humor instruction at its finest. Perfect for illustrating the many concepts I teach in my workshops and videos. Charlie saw the two…

Mark Twain was a genius. A brilliant writer. An insightful thinker. A master humorist. Clever beyond measure. But this statement is nonsense. These are words written by a man who presumably had many days left to live. Yes, it’s true. I was also dead for billions upon billions of years before I was born and…

A new study estimates that between 670 million and 1.35 billion people ages 12 to 35 are at risk of hearing loss because of how they listen to music from devices. It’s a potentially disastrous finding. But even before this possible surge, hearing loss has always been a problem and far more prevalent than you…