motivation

Imagine this – you are in a country where you don’t speak the language.  You are there for only a day and have a tour lined up. You exit your hotel and find the sidewalks are disappearing under several inches of water. You rush to a nearby vendor and purchase protective boots to go over […]

Krispy Kreme is 80 today.  Yep, on July 13, 1937, the first Krispy Kreme opened its doors in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  And in honor of this auspicious occasion, I’d like to share a few Krispy Kreme memories. I remember the lucky weekends when I was a kid and some other kids would come by with […]

     I’ve been hearing a lot lately about authenticity, being real, genuine.  And I’m all for it – in fact, I consider it one of my strengths.  Actually, I’m just not very good at keeping my thoughts to myself, hiding my emotions, applying make-up, and keeping ink off my clothes.  When you meet me, […]

How do you make each day the best possible?  Well, you gotta start the night before.  Yeah – you have to get enough sleep or it’s going to be a lot harder.  So DVR that show or stop looking at Facebook and get some sleep!   After that, upon waking, you have to decide that […]

Ah – the eternal struggle for happiness.  Should we just be grateful for what we have or should we push harder to get more? Some of it is Western culture.  We tend to equate pushing with success.  You can’t be too rich or too thin, remember?  (I don’t know about rich, but you sure as hell can be too […]