When I was younger, I was excited to accept a job working with Sandy Bremer, Founder of Open University
I agreed to a salary that was less than half of what I had been making working in the tennis industry under Rod Laver.
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What’s Your BIG Idea – The Better Newsletter #93
Have you ever wanted to give a TED talk on their main stage in Vancouver? Where, as curator Chris Anderson says, “You’ll have three giant screens behind you and 1,200 of the world’s most interesting people in front of you!” If you’ve ever wished for that, now’s your chance.
Partner With the Muse – The Better Newsletter #92
A podcaster recently asked for my BEST writing experience. I didn’t even have to think about it. I told him, “It was writing my “What’s Holding You Back?” book.
The Most Intriguing Person I’ve Ever Met – The Better Newsletter #89
A friend recently asked, “Who’s the most intriguing person you’ve met?” Here’s who POP’d out and the story of how we met. See if you can guess who it is!
Are You Repeatable & Retweetable? – The Better Newsletter #88
Garry Marshall, director of the movie Pretty Woman, told our audience, “Hollywood directors can predict when their movies will make money based on one thing: Do people walk out of the theater repeating something they heard… word for word?”
Your Message Matters – The Better Newsletter #86
People often tell me, “I’m a business owner, not a speaker.” “I’m a consultant, not an author.” “I’m a non-profit leader, not a social media influencer.”
I reply back with, “I hear you! AND, if we want to impact more people, we must be all of these!”
Is Your Bandwagon in the Garage? – The Better Newsletter #85
Captain Ray Ashley had a dream of building a replica ship, the San Salvador, as a project for the San Diego Maritime Museum.
He made a brilliant decision to build it in PUBLIC (right by a busy freeway near the airport) instead of in PRIVATE (where it’d be out-of-sight-out-of-mind).
Your Purpose is Calling – The Better Newsletter #84
People talk about finding their calling as if it exists out there somewhere. I think our calling – doing work we love that matters – emerges from doing and pursuing things that matter to us. It’s not found, it’s forged.
What Fires You Up? – The Better Newsletter #83
What a joy it was to be interviewed on John Lee Dumas’ pioneering podcast Entrepreneurs on Fire. John and I talked about how having something specific on our calendars gives us IKIGAI, a Japanese word for “purpose, a reason to get up in the morning.”
Pass the Eyebrow Test – The Better Newsletter #82
The first year of the Maui Writers Conference, a woman walked out of her pitch meeting with tears in her eyes. I walked over and asked her, “Are you okay?” “’No, I’m not okay…”