When I was six years old, a friend of my mother's told her she thought I was too skinny. My mother called up our family doctor, Dr. Stone, and asked what to do. Dr. Stone told her to give me two banana milkshakes a day:...
Movies are a timeless tradition - whether out at the theater, snuggled up at home, or increasingly, while on the move (when was the last time you took a plane ride or train ride and didn't see someone watching a movie?) Movies allow us to...
Podcasting has quietly become mainstream. Apple just surpassed 1 billion subscriptions for podcasts via its iTunes app. As USA Today just noted in a cover story, many top podcasts — such as the Nerdist, NPR's This American Life and Aisha Tyler's Girl on Guy, see...
This morning, I sent my 10 year old and 6 year old daughters off to their first day of fifth grade and first grade in school respectively. They were up at 6:30am, showered and dressed by 7, and ready for school by 7:30. They insisted...
“But Daddy,” my 10-year-old daughter Charlotte said to me. “Wal-Mart, Target and Amazon give you better deals! Shouldn’t we shop there for holiday presents?” My daughter and I were discussing where to go to get holiday presents this year, and she had definitely made a good...
This post is part of a series in which Influencers describe the books that changed them.Follow the channel to see the full list. .I'll never forget the hot summer night sixteen years ago when I sold Adam a life insurance policy. A 21-year old recent college...
If it weren't for the authors on this list, I might not have built a successful business. I might not have gone into marketing. I might not have self-published a book. Heck, I might not even have a happy family- my most important accomplishment by...
Did you know that the human brain processes visuals 60,000 times faster than text? Or that web posts with visuals drive up to 180% more engagement than those without? Or that viewers spend 100% more time on web pages with videos? Attention is the new commodity....
I am working long hours, building a new company this summer and committing myself to startup life. While others are taking off early, going swimming and golfing and traveling, I'm sitting in my office, planning for the future, hiring great leaders and making sure we...
Happiness isn't easily attained. As I've written about before here on LinkedIn, it does not happen overnight. Happiness is a state you need to actively work on in order to maintain. In the past year, I've realized how happy I become when practicing gratitude. Since then,...