This post will be short and sweet as I'm trying to prepare for a conference coming up this week. My friend and fellow magician, Paul...

Do you have any idea how many steps you take in a day? I recently got a smartwatch that tracks my steps in addition to showing the time....

When you forgive and forget them, they lose any hold on your life

Have you ever quit too soon? Let me tell you about someone who fixed that in their life. At the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Shirzo...

What are you doing to move ahead in life? For years, I had a desire to play the guitar. I had watched so many amazing guitarists make...

Have you ever failed at something? I think it's safe to say we all have at one time or another...but it's when we can fail without...

How do you feel about tomorrow? Are you excited? Or are you just expecting more of the same from yesterday and today? It's time to get...

Several years ago, a hidden camera TV show decided to try a little prank/experiment. The object was to see how people would conform to...

On Friday, January 12, 2007, violin virtuoso Joshua Bell conducted a little experiment inside L’Enfant Plaza Metro entrance in the busy...

A few years ago, I bought a small willow tree from a local store. It was about three feet tall with just a hint of green on a couple of...

I recently performed at a show where I really wanted to get flashy with the finale. I had a good trick to close out the show, but I...

This week, I wanted to talk about winning. Everyone likes to win big--and it's an awesome feeling--but have you ever considered the value...

Tom worked in his company for 20 years. He was a faithful worker, a smart worker, and perhaps most importantly, an observant worker. He...

I am an "early" kind of guy. If I'm supposed to be somewhere, I would rather arrive an hour early and sit there rather than to arrive...

Earlier this year, I talked about goals. If you haven't already read that post, I encourage you to do so as you can call this "the...

Every single one of us, no matter how awesome or cool we may be, has failed at some point at something. No one has gotten it right every...

Our lives are filled with pinnacles. It starts with high school graduation, then moves maybe to college degrees, then to a job, and...

When I was in my late teens, I fell into a very bad relationship with someone who had very low self-esteem. As a result, the only way...

There is an old adage that says, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." But that's wrong. Words are a...

This past December I had the opportunity to perform for so many incredible places and people. It was an amazing time but one young man...