INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER / AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR

Many people associate Peter Frampton with his immensely popular, "Frampton Comes Alive". I think of him as a survivor with some valuable...

On the original Magnum P.I., Magnum’s inner voice was like another character on the show, often warning him of impending danger. We all...

Amazingly, I still get royalty checks from some of my older books, and occasionally a letter or two from readers. (Apparently my books...

Now that people may be coming over to visit again we purchased new furniture for our home. We went to a local furniture store and ordered...

On our weekly podcast my co-host and I cover procrastination at least once a month. It’s a popular topic because everyone procrastinates...

Have you heard of OfferUp? It’s an app that lets you list things you want to sell. I’ve let go of so much stuff using this app I sort of...

“Bigger is better.” “Think big.” “Go big or go home." Phooey. Small is underrated. Doing a lot of small (but important) things leads to...

Lazy people are underrated. How many Shark Tank products and services are a result of laziness? A lot. People aren’t looking for harder...

Susan Sarandon said about getting older (I’m paraphrasing) it doesn’t matter so much how you look anymore, it’s who you are that counts....

We just returned from Kauai and it was awesome because we beat the crowds. Hawaii (and Kauai in particular) have been very strict in how...

Often when we see others who are rich, famous, and successful we think, “Ahhh, they’re just lucky.” Sure, if luck is where practice,...

When you think of Dave Grohl, (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) the first thoughts that come to mind are all good. He’s talented, successful,...

I knew the most amazing person named Barbara Blake—everyone called her Sunshine. Despite being abandoned by her parents, widowed three...

What do superheroes do that we don’t? Glad you asked. Let’s see, the Wonder Twins had each other, Batman had Robin (and Alfred), and...

We did it. Ellen Goodwin and I met at the Waffle Spot for breakfast four years ago and came up with the idea to do a podcast on...

For each of our twice-monthly Sunshine Club Zoom meetings I give the members something to reflect on and then share with the group. Since...

One of my fears is if I share a set of my slides someone will steal my ideas. Since the slides I am sharing are on facing your fears (and...

“It goes by so fast.” That’s what everyone said about raising kids. They were right. Summer is like that, too. It starts slow and then...

I think it was Zig Ziglar who joked that people scoff at motivational materials because they believe the effects won’t last. He went on...

This monthly blog has been updated consistently for over ten years—starting out on Wordpress in 2002. With three or articles a month,...