Greetings, everyone! Before I get into a collection of random updates, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for all of your kind words, condolences and support in response to my last post, In Memory of Harold Deino (my grandfather), who passed away one week ago. My family and I miss him dearly, but we take [...]
May 2011
This Monday morning started pretty quietly. I woke up at home after an amazing weekend in Las Vegas. Voice scratchy, eyes tired, smiling as I reflected on good times and great friendships. I made coffee and an to-do list: write a blog post, send the next edition of my way-too-long-overdue Inside Scoop newsletter, address the [...]
Remember that one time I almost panicked in front of an audience 500 people? Well folks, the moment-of-truth video has arrived! A quick recap for those who didn’t read the original post: I had the great pleasure of speaking at Carnegie Melon in April for their TEDxCMU conference. I was the opening speaker, and about [...]
I had the great pleasure of being featured this week for Amber Rae’s exciting new venture, Revolution.is. As Amber describes the project: Our mission is to motivate people to take initiative, trust their gut, and live what they love. Each week, we’ll share stories of up-and-coming change-makers, people who are changing the world by spending [...]
Big goals, big decisions, big projects…big plans. We itch to see progress — to know that our hard work is not wasted. We become desperate for answers — to know that our brain’s churning is not in vain. We are anxious to see results — for confirmation that we are on the right track and/or [...]
After hosting many authors at Google myself (before taking my leave of absence), I had the great pleasure of delivering my very own Authors@Google talk in March as part of the book tour kick-off. Below is a 38 minute video of my speech, where I take you behind the scenes of the publishing process and [...]
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