When I started my unlikely–somewhat ironic–career as a professional speaker with a speech impediment, one of my primary goals was making millions of dollars, FAST. Looking back on this time, my primary motivation wasn’t joy, but a desire to: PROVE I could...
AS MANY self-help books as I’ve read, as many yoga classes as I’ve taken, as many hours as I’ve meditated, as many inspirational conferences as I’ve been to, as many Imperfect Best talks that I’ve given, I have a vicious secret. I still, routinely, choose to see the...
Do you ever distract yourself from what you most want to do? Over the years, I’ve repeatedly observed this habit in myself. It makes no logical sense. If we really want to be doing A, why do we so often find ourselves doing B, or Q, or Z? This is especially...
Our ability to love ourselves and our lives has so much to do with whether we are happy on a routine basis or not. Yet, we tend to get upset and very serious about the things that frustrate us about ourselves and about our lives. We are going to have things...
Things change. Problems that we think are insurmountable get solved. Ten years ago, standing up in front of an audience was the last thing I wanted to do. Back then, I was resigned to making do with a speech impediment I was ashamed of. It never occurred to me...
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