Blog Category: Impression Technique

“You and I both know what happened to you 18 months ago,” he said. “If you don’t write about it, you will die as an artist.” Tucker’s sold over 3 million copies of his books. I know I’m going to have to listen to him. Maybe later. I’ve known Tucker many years. I can safely, […]

I have a rule. After every podcast, I write down 10 things I learned. I don’t know if anyone else does this. Do you do this? Some people make illustrations. They send me what they’ve learned. It’s a creation of a creation of a creation. A drawing of a podcast of someone’s life. But I […]

She said, I am an introvert but had to develop tricks to fake being an extrovert because of where I worked. I said, Do you think everyone in LA is an extrovert? She said, I don’t know. Maybe they are all faking. We were at a party. I had been sleeping but a friend called […]

Ben (of Ben & Jerry’s) was in the room. He needed a logo. Debbie Millman just started her agency. She was competing against the best ad agencies in New York City. She lost. So she moved on to Burger King. “Why do you think you lost?” “We didn’t have insurance,” Debbie said. “We didn’t have […]

Tony Robbins stopped by on his birthday. And then he started causing problems. Like he does. “I realize you’re high energy,” the audio engineer says, looking at Tony, “but when you bang the table it sounds like the whole room is shaking.” In 220 podcasts, it’s the first time the audio engineer had to interrupt […]

My ancestor from 70,000 years ago was smarter than me. He knew every plant, mushroom, animal, predator, prey in a several mile radius. He knew how to make weapons. He knew how to capture something, make it edible. I can barely order delivery. And as far as weapons, they say “the pen is mightier than […]

I want to be a Jedi Knight. The idea of surrendering to some “force” greater than oneself. The idea of being in touch with some essence that can bring out my full potential in way that I could never possibly understand. When Cass Sunstein, genius economist (author of “Nudge“, 40 other books, does Nobel-prize level […]