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My wife asked me, “What took you the longest in your life to understand?” I don’t know if I understand anything in my life. I don’t say this with self-modesty. Every day I learn something where I say to myself, “why didn’t I learn that before?” But I know the answer to my wife’s question: it […]

[Here is the link to the podcast: http://bit.ly/1t8RJ80] When we got to Tony Robbins’ house we were specifically prevented from photographing his  sneakers. I took out the camera but his assistant shook her head. “No”. Which made me feverish to take the picture even more but I didn’t. Everyone takes their shoes off. And all the other […]

Gabi Uri is missing muscles in her calves and her abs plus she has scoliosis. She's 16 and has had this condition since birth. Since she was born she's had 14 surgeries to help correct her condition as much as possible. She walks with a slight limp.

My 12 year old daughter is afraid to talk to me because I might write it. My sister doesn’t speak to me. My mom doesn’t speak to me. I suspect even Claudia is afraid of what she says to me. When I was seven years old I plagiarized word for word stories from science fiction magazines so my teachers would think I was smart.

90% of the feedback I got about “Choose Yourself” was about one thing: How to bridge harsh reality with the world of imagination: how to become an Idea Machine. For my whole life I felt like a stray dog, dashing around until I could survive in the jungle. But I was lost and it took a long time.

I swept the chess pieces to the floor and ran out. The pieces were still popping around on the ground like popcorn when I left the room where the match was being played. It was my school versus some other school. I had lost.