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The Abominable Beast – Guest post by Gustavo Silva

This story I heard when I was younger: the story of two brothers that owned a circus. They had been traveling for a long time, carrying their show from town to town, until they found out that they were broke. The two brothers were in despair; they didn’t even have enough for the payroll which [...]

February 2, 2012 READ MORE →

How to Get Over “It’s Too Hard” and Get On With It. All of It: Guest post by Kelly Diels

by Kelly Diels A conversation with my inner lazy ass. (Ok, she’s my outer lazy ass.) Writing. Rising Up. Raising Cash. Raising Kids. Working. Working out. Losing weight. Not losing my mind while keeping it all together. These things are hard. Or, I tell myself they’re hard. Let’s talk about hard.

January 31, 2012 READ MORE →

A Century of Curiosity

My sisters and I both took many years of piano lessons. I learned recently that one of my sister’s piano teachers had a student a few years ago who began taking lessons at the fine age of 100. She thought it sounded fun and wanted to learn something new. So she started with the earliest [...]

February 20, 2010 READ MORE →

Be More. Do More. Live More. Take What Is Yours.

We had been talking for nearly 15 minutes when I realized that he couldn’t read. I wanted to cry.  I wanted to wrap my arms around him and pat his back and say “We’ll take care of this, don’t you worry.” Instead, I asked him if he knew how to read.  “You don’t have to [...]

February 11, 2010 READ MORE →

A Question Of Priorities

If I was that giant, proverbial fly on the wall and I followed you around today, I would know what your priorities are by the time the sun set. Would you? If I said, I saw you do this and this and this and so here’s what I believe you are all about, would you [...]

February 9, 2010 READ MORE →

The Dreams Of Other Men

I’ve had several discussions with people lately who have all wanted to talk about their aspirations and hopes.  Each of these people wanted different things, but there was a common factor among each of them: They all wanted to be like someone else.  Sometimes they actually wanted to be someone else.

January 17, 2010 READ MORE →

Book Review: The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture book review. Seems easy enough to do. But this book has haunted me, making the task of reviewing it slippery and elusive. Cynicism is hip and it’s trendy to be jaded. I’m not immune to it. I learned recently, however, that I’m also not immune to inspiration. There are things that don’t [...]

May 6, 2009 READ MORE →