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TEDx Berkshires: Homework for Life

By Matthew Dicks | December 14, 2015 |

Watch my most recent TEDx Talk, “Homework for Life,” below. In this talk, I discuss a simple strategy – stumbled upon accidentally – that you can use to slow down time, find greater meaning in your life, and give your future self one of the best gifts imaginable. And if you’re a storyteller – on the…

Speak Up at The Mount!

By Matthew Dicks | June 23, 2014 |

Elysha and I are thrilled to announce that we are taking Speak Up on the road for the first time! The Mount, the former home of famed novelist Edith Wharton, has asked us to bring Speak Up to their location in Lenox, Massachusetts, for a show on Saturday, October 18 at 8:00 PM. The show…

Our Norman Rockwell daughter

By Matthew Dicks | May 30, 2014 |

Travel to a tiny town in the Berkshires on Memorial Day, put a flag in the hand of a five year-old, and start taking photos. This is probably how Norman Rockwell worked.