Hello! For the past two months I have had a hard time posting to this blog. As per some of my previous messages, the death of my dear friend Richard Carlson has been heavy on my heart and dominant in my mind…especially when I think about writing anything. After my posts, emails, and newsletter about … Read more
Michelle, Samantha, and Me with Barack Obama in DC – 2/1/07 Hello! It has been another month or so since my last blog post. I am not exactly sure why it has been challenging for me to write and post recently. It is not that I have a lack of thoughts on my mind. I … Read more
Hey there. Happy New Year! It has been almost a month since I last posted to my blog. My intention is to post something each week. However, this past month I have been a little stopped in this area. It has nothing to do with me not having anything to say or write. As you … Read more
Richard and Me in Washington DC in September 2003 It is still hard for me believe that my dear friend and mentor Richard Carlson is gone. Richard died suddenly and unexpectedly on December 13th on an airplane to New York. He was traveling to NYC for some media appearances for his new book, Don’t Get … Read more
Happy Holidays! I hope that you and your family had a great Thanksgiving and that you’re enjoying the holiday season. Michelle, Samantha, and I spent a glorious 10 days on the Big Island of Hawaii celebrating Thanksgiving and taking some much needed and deserved “down time.” I love the holidays…and, for many of us this … Read more
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. It’s a great time to be with friends and family, to connect and share with them, and to focus on what we’re grateful for in our lives. Sometimes, however, even on Thanksgiving it’s easy for us to get caught up in “doing” all of the things we need … Read more
Today (Thursday, 11/9/06) Challenge Day was featured on Oprah. As I mentioned in my last post, I am so excited about this and am grateful that the amazing work of Challenge Day has now been broadcasted out to the world through the media force of Oprah Winfrey. This will allow Challenge Days extraordinary work to … Read more
Over the past few weeks I keep getting passionately inspired by things I’m seeing and hearing in the media. Even in the midst of the negativity and violence in the world and the bitter attack ads of our up-coming political campaigns here in the United States, it feels like something big is happening and that … Read more
Samantha, our eight month old, loves it when I rub my beard on her belly. We play the beard-rubbing-belly game as often as possible. My new favorite sound is the joy-filled laughter of my beautiful daughter…it fills me with such a sense of joy, appreciation, and fulfillment. I love it and no matter what kind … Read more
Earlier this week the Oakland A’s fired their manager Ken Macha. To many people, myself included, this came as a bit of a shock for a number of reasons. First of all, the A’s have done extremely well over the past four years with Macha as their manager. They won the American League West Division … Read more
