Holy Cow! Let’s get connected…
How rare is it that our whole planet is sharing a life-altering situation... together? Holy Cannoli Guacamole! Is our world shaken up or what? And in all this chaos, there's so many heroes in our midst...we're all tapped to be courageous in our own way.As you know, I...
No Expectations
Some years ago, my son, Charles, and I went camping and we had a blast! We hiked, swam in a river, built dams, jumped down piles of sand, fed alligators at an alligator farm, climbed rocks, whittled, rafted, buried people in the sand, got the people at the pool to...
BE a Verb!
Some years back, my assistant, Janice, said to me one morning, "Charles must be back at school." "How did you know?" I asked. "Because you're in the office," she said. Sure I pop in every once in a while during the summer, but for the most part I'm at speaking gigs...
My Passion as a Humorous Motivational Speaker
Why i do what I do. I have been speaking for almost 25 years and I frequently remind myself why I choose this profession and continue to do what I do. First of all, as a humorous motivational speaker I get the opportunity to facilitate a hour long keynote, a one day...
Humorous Educational Speaker
Some years ago, I spoke to 1800 Teachers who teach teachers. The ATE (Association of Teacher Educators) a group of mostly PHD professors of education. I started off the morning asking 900 of them who could paint a picture? Like usual, less than 5% of the audience...
Let Go!
Let Go! So much of our culture is about "getting." Getting good grades, getting the "guy", getting the promotion, getting a new car, getting money and attention. Getting more stuff for the house, getting more Facebook likes, getting more TV channels, getting more...
20 Seconds is All It Takes
Last week, in Mississippi working with an Insurance group all day, we got to talking about courageous conversations. You know, those ones that take tons of courage yet can be transformative when they occur. One man (I'm guessing mid-50's) got present to his...
SERIOUS FUN!
I just got back from making a presentation in San Diego for a franchising company called The Little Gym. For being eight o'clock on a Sunday morning these folks were the following: Totally alive (no holding back). Totally engaged (100% or nothing). Totally willing...
The Unexpected
Sometimes the best part of speaking is when a cell phone goes off and I get to the person soon enough to answer the phone myself. With a clip on microphone I can put the earpiece up to the mic and the whole audience is privy to our conversation. A while back,...
Happy New Year
#1 Resolution For 2014 ... Be Part Of The Team! I was working at a hospital back east a couple months ago where they were having a hard time with the surveys that the patients would fill out upon leaving. This particular hospital had received many awards, had great...