Author, Speaker, Coach, Trainer, Actor & Entrepreneur
Five months ago I was reassigned to a different position at my job. As a result, I was unable to continue facilitating an in-custody gang diversion and mindset class that I co-developed (it’s now called the QUEST Program). At the time it…
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The longer you’ve lived the more setbacks you’ll likely be able to recall in your life. Nearly everyone can recall at least one time when something they’d worked hard for disappeared or was taken away. It could be a coveted…
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Don’t discount the impact you have on others. Even in difficult times, a single word of encouragement can change someone’s life. Something that comes as second nature to you can make a radical difference to another person. Oprah Winfrey once…
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It’s one thing to come to the realization that you want things to be different. That moment when you realize that things aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Maybe you’re unhappy with being in a stagnant career or looking…
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“In order to grow you have to get outside your comfort zone.” I’ve heard that said many times and in many ways. The words are sometimes different but the message is the same. One of the best was Jim Rohn,…
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Today is the birthday of Bob Ross, the soft-spoken man with the ‘fro who taught millions how to paint trees on The Joy of Painting, which ran on PBS from 1983 to 1994. Mr. Ross passed away of lymphoma in…
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I’m on vacation in New England and enjoying my time at the beach, away from the job. In this video I’m on the White Sands beach in New Hampshire. The sound of the waves crashing and rolling onto the sandy shore…
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Commitment has been described as doing something long even when you don’t feel like doing it any more. When you commit to doing something, you need to see it through. It’s not the easy thing to do, however. In fact,…
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Did you know that dill pickle juice is good for migraines? I first heard that from my wife and I thought it was one of the stupidest things I’d ever heard. But what did I really know? Watch this video…
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Last Saturday I spent an amazing day at the Relay For Life event in Elk Grove. The American Cancer Society event is designed to remember those who have been taken by cancer, honor those who are currently battling cancer as well as…
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