Why Failure Is Important
In a high school in North Carolina, a young man got cut from his basketball team. Determined to show the coaches he belonged, he played...
The One Thing More Important Than Skill Or Knowledge
In 1995, the year Toy Story was released, Pixar pulled off a brilliant putsch. It was orchestrated by Steve Jobs who planned everything...
3 Things Schwarzenegger Can Teach You About Success
Arnold Schwarzenegger is best known for his action films in 8o’s and 90’s, but there is a lot more to him than just muscle. Son of a...
3 Ways You Should Think Like An Astronaut
A few years ago in Windsor Ontario the organizers of an airshow tried to get Elton John to do a little promotion for the airshow. Elton...
Create Procedures Not Work
World War Two ended and a young man who had served as an ambulance driver in France returned home to the United States. He drifted...
3 Reasons Why You Need to be a Good Storyteller even if You're Not a Writer
People like to be entertained. Stories have been around for as long as humans could talk. In fact the first cave painting is thought to...
Have We Lost Traditional Heroic Values?
We think of a hero as somebody who has positive traits, as someone who is virtuous and overcomes enormous obstacles. The first idea of...
6 Productivity Tips from a Journalist, Film Producer, Novelist, Screenwriter, and Overall Management
You might say I’m a busy guy. Among other things, I’m I novelist, film producer, editor, journalist and screenwriter. (I’m exhausted just...
The Number 1 Most Important Life Lesson You'll Ever Learn
As humans we are fairly fallible and as Spock says, illogical. We tend to be so short-sighted, only thinking as far ahead as a day, a...
Should Nero be Playing the Fiddle for Hollywood?
If I was one prone to believe in conspiracies, I would almost believe Seth Rogen and Sony planned this all from the start. I mean they...
