Jul 16, 2025 | Stress Management
How I turned a game show loss into one of the most valuable lessons (and keynotes) of my life. Senior year of high school, I was on our quiz team. We weren’t just answering questions in a classroom — we were competing on a televised academic tournament out of Toledo,...
Jul 5, 2025 | Stress Management
How one chicken nearly ruined camp—and how I fried him instead. This past week, I was at Camp Friedlander with our Scout troop. Tent pitched by a lake. Nestled in the woods. It should’ve been peak relaxation. But on Day One, I heard him. At first, I listened. I found...
Jul 1, 2025 | Stress Management
AI isn’t the problem. The way we use it is. Every few weeks, someone declares that AI is ruining our ability to think. “Students don’t learn to write anymore!”“People just copy/paste ChatGPT answers!”“We’re outsourcing our brains to bots!” One article even...
Jun 20, 2025 | Stress Management
In 2023, I made a big decision: I would retire from corporate life on March 31, 2024. But the chickens had other plans. They whispered doubts like: “You’re giving up a steady paycheck?” “What if no one wants to hire you?” “You’re walking...
Jun 8, 2025 | Stress Management
Excerpt from my book, Fry Your Chickens! Now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble (and technically on eBay, but let’s not promote scalping). For years, my mornings started the same way: Email anxiety. Speech prep panic. A dozen to-dos before the first cup...
May 16, 2025 | Stress Management
The adventure was supposed to begin smoothly on May 6. Fly to Boston, grab dinner at Legal Sea Foods during our layover, then head to Amsterdam for a week of keynotes and vacation. But as Mike Tyson once said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”...
