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Money Changes Everything – Cyndi Lauper
It’s nineteen ninety-something and my half-sister is in town making her once every two-year visit. I knew something was up when she suggested: “Rex, let’s you and I have lunch together.” I
Continue readingDon’t Worry, Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin
It’s the turn of the century, yes, nineteen ninety-nine, and my Mom and I were walking out of the office to our family business on New Year’s Eve. She was seventy-seven at the time.
Continue readingFloat On – The Floaters
It’s current day and my mentor and business partner Ryan asks a question none of us as an adult like to think about. What was that question? “How many days do you have left and how do you
Continue readingAlone Again – Gilbert O’Sullivan
It’s nineteen-sixty something and being the only child of older parents I am a bit of a social misfit. “Hey, Mom!” I yell from the backyard “Can I go over to Tommy house to
Continue readingHow Deep Is Your Love? – The Bee Gees
It’s two-thousand and something and my wife, Kathie, is watching Rue Paul’s Drag Race. I did not expect to gain words of wisdom from the show, but I did. Rue ends the show with “If
Continue readingBonfire Heart – James Blunt
“Son, who do you think wrote your name on the back of the house?” My Dad asks as we sit on the back porch of our Maitland home. It’s 1960 something and I thought I could get away
Continue readingLong Train Running – Doobie Brothers
“The finish line is just around the corner!” an enthusiastic marathon spectator shouts in my face as I round the corner to go down Hollywood Blvd in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I
Continue readingTrue Blue – Madonna
He sits in the corner of my room. Yellow eyes and pale skin. Looking supernatural, not of this world. The vile language spews out like acid, burning holes into everything that surrounds him. How could
Continue readingOne Awkward Moment – Casting Crowns
It’s 2012 and things are getting tough. “Dad I can’t do this anymore.” I try to explain as I sit on the side of his bed. His eyes closed as he pretends to be asleep. It
Continue readingI Can Help – Billy Swan
The next big thing. “Diversifying your client base is vital to growing a business, but it can be difficult..” says a recent article on Investopedia. Put a different way you have to have clients
Continue readingHonesty Is Such A Loney Word – Billy Joel
“Really? Is that what you are going to wear?” Kathie asks. “You realize that you are wearing a brown shirt with a green pair of pants right?” she says as I head from our bedroom
Continue readingThe More I Learn The Less I Know – UB40
As I stand among some five thousand cheering, clapping, dancing fans of Tony Robbins I realized that motivation is temporary. It is easy to get pumped up with loud music and pyrotechnics but how can you
Continue readingI Feel Too Cold To Live and Too Old To Die – X Ambassadors
I Feel Too Cold To Live and Too Old To Die – X Ambassadors Her smiling face, shoulders thrown back and a look of satisfaction in her eyes, the imagine glows from the FaceBook post on my computer. My
Continue readingRunning On Empty – Jackson Browne
Running on Empty — Jackson Browne “I built this f**ker!” Tony Robbins yells from the stage at a Unleash the Power Within seminar. If you’ve never been to a UPW event it is hard to explain. Kind
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