Years ago, I heard a story about an old farmer, who decided to do something with a huge piece of granite, that sat in the middle of his sweet potato field. He got out a hammer and chisel and before long; he had carved a very respectable, life-sized rendition of an elephant. The sight amazed [...]
When I was very young, I would sit on my Italian grandfather’s lap while we listened to music—operas, mostly— and he would tell me stories. One story, in particular, still sticks in my mind. Its kind of a miniature parable wrapped into a joke, about the man who jumped on his horse and ha guidato [...]
Have you ever noticed that the longer you dwell on something you should be doing, the more difficult it seems to get? And the longer you put something off, the harder it is to get started? A huge amount of stress and frustration and unhappiness could be avoided if people would just do what they [...]
I just got a text message from a friend, asking if I could record a short ad for his business. “Nothing fancy,” he said. “Just something to stimulate interest.” The short answer is, “No.” But I’m afraid if I responded like that to my friend, I‘d sound like a dick. The fact is I get [...]
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