I remember the thing that scared me the most. It was knowing I wouldn’t be there in the middle of the night when my kids were having a nightmare. It almost incapacitated me. Now my kids are older. One’s in college. But when I was going through my divorce, I realized I’d never be with […] Read On…
I don’t know what level of influence I have in the world. I suppose my influence with a colleague or a comedian is different than with a podcast guest or my daughters. So in 2016, I stopped guessing. And I invited the godfather of influence & persuasion on my podcast: Robert Cialdini. People call him […] Read On…
My back hurts. When I wake up, it doesn’t hurt. I’ve been lying flat on it. I think to myself, “it won’t hurt today.” Then I lean up and try to get out of bed and I feel a sharp pain. It’s going to hurt. And it’s going to hurt all day. I have to […] Read On…
I grew up in my own prison. The bars were all the beliefs handed to me by society, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my bosses, my loved ones. I’m not free of the prison. I suspect it’s impossible. But being aware of the ways in which we are imprisoned, the ways in which free […] Read On…
One time so many people were angry at me I posted my phone number on Twitter at 1 in the morning on a Saturday and said, “If someone really has a problem with me, call me!” I was so upset. How stupid to be so upset at 1 in the morning on a Saturday. From […] Read On…
I was laughing, but he was serious. I asked my podcast guest about his relationship with his dad. “What was it like growing up with him?” “I don’t know the right way to say this without it sounding bad,” Bert Kreischer said. He’s a comedian. A great one. And he just came out with a […] Read On…
“When you stopped being a doctor to do YouTube videos, was your wife upset?” I asked. “It didn’t happen this way,” Bassem Youssef said. “I didn’t just switch from medicine to YouTube videos.” He was living in Egypt. And a revolution was happening. So, everyday, he would go to the protests to help the wounded. […] Read On…
