The other day I had the great pleasure of sitting with a famous painter from Sicily known as Sebastian (his business card just says Sebastian, Painter). He speaks in very broken English and understanding him requires having to pay close attention. But you don’t have to see his absolutely stunning work to get a sense
Lately, I have been hosting gatherings of the incredible and extraordinary. Yes, the incredible and extraordinary. The goal is to bring an eclectic group of entrepreneurs, former CEOs, musicians and artist, of all ages, together with the only objective being to bring people together. No real purpose at all, not even better understanding or even
Do you realize how important your own voice is in every single circumstance? Just think about this incredible body and mind you have — that is uniquely processing every thought stimulus and word around you. And, also absolutely incredible — there is no one else on the planet that is processing the data in the
Today, I went on a hike. Not really thinking about anything other than how a couple of people in the gym light up my day whenever they are there. They have great energy. One is an extraordinary chef and the other, an incredible parent just getting the last one through college. But they have no
On March 13th — or Friday the 13th— I celebrated a birthday with my family in Encinitas, California. My daughter cooked an incredible dinner, and my Dad, who I’m lucky enough to share my birthday with, was so happy everyone was together. I could see in his eyes, just how much he appreciated everyone being together.
Today, I reinforced, for myself, a very important part of business and life. I think it’s worth talking about — how important it is to Just Show Up. Whether you want to or not, if invited or asked, always, just show up. It’s that simple. Let me give you two examples, and I’ll show you
Coming off the Natural Products Expo, I’ve realized one thing in a big way. We, as humans, where never meant to experience the type of emotional and business stimulus that comes from bringing 70,000 passionate people together. Even if it is for a good reason… health and wellness. It creates what I call Natural Products Stimulus
Recently, I was working with a young entrepreneur who has an incredible vision for a product. In fact, he already has prototypes that operate at about 60% of what his expectation is. What was really interesting to me was to watch how different people react to this start-up’s product. What hit me was that questioning