My experiences in writing.
My observations of the creative world around me.
How those two worlds come together.
I have loved watching the Olympic Games since I was a kid. I have very vivid memories lying on the floor in front of the TV for hours, soaking up every moment of the Games. And those were the days when the competitions were aired for hours — not just bits of the Games or highlights only.
Read MoreMy day as a volunteer at the Pyeongchang Olympic Sliding Centre
Friday, February 16, 2018
Even for a novice to the sport, the Olympic Sliding Centre at the Pyeongchang Olympics takes your breath away. Within moments you get a sense of the magnitude, the power, the adrenaline rush — and the risk.
It’s the longest sledding track in the world, touting 2018 total meters of track — in honor of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Read MoreWhere do you put 250,000 extra people?
That’s exactly what’s happening at the Winter Olympics.
Read MoreOnly a few hours until the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics…
We have been busy with onsite training.
I am part of the Ceremonies team, and we are rehearsing the victory ceremony, which will take place at the end of each competition.
Read MoreWorld leaders can learn from watching the volunteers at the Olympics.
In fact, they should learn from them.
Read MoreA young friend of mine recently posted a thought-provoking question on Facebook:
What advice would you give a 21-year-old?
Ironically, most of the advice came from other young people — advice about dating, school, career, exercise, saving money. Don’t get me wrong — all good advice.
But my mind went to one place…
Read MoreA turn through Leonardo da Vinci’s personal notebooks is a glimpse of his genius and inspiration. He used notebooks to capture observations, to work out his theories, to practice and improve his art, and to develop his ideas.
Read MoreThe word eavesdrop has an interesting etymology. It comes from a part of a house.
Read MoreSeveral years ago, I began working with a new financial institution client. I am a marketing insights consultant. My team uses insights to help clients innovate new products, services and customer experiences.
Read MoreThe single most incredible moment in all of U.S. sports history occurred on February 22, 1980.
Read MoreA married couple found themselves meeting with a therapist. The wife complained, “He never listens to me.”
Read MoreKenton Lee hit a rough patch in 2007. His girlfriend dumped him. He took it hard and finally decided that he needed to go to Africa — both to see and experience the world he had only read about up to that point and because he couldn’t stomach the idea of being on the same continent as his ex.
Read MoreMy wife and I recently visited a restaurant in Denver that we had never been to. We found ourselves in a revitalized part of town that was unfamiliar to us — and turned out to be very trendy and crowded. We drove up and down many streets looking for parking.
Read MoreMy imagination can’t help running wild when I eye an unusual artifact — it can’t help but create a life around each piece. (You can imagine how much my wife likes taking me to an antique store.)I can’t stop my imagination any more than I can stop a sneeze.
Read MoreI didn’t like the Harry Potter character at first. I liked the premise of the story. And I liked the world that J. K. Rowling created. But Harry was so spineless. Everyone seemed to walk all over him.
Read MoreWinston Churchill said:“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.”
Read MoreLook at the picture of the forest. This is me — my perspective. In some situations, I feel like a sapling in the forest. Small compared to everyone around me. At the bottom, looking up to everyone else.
Read MoreA writer friend of mine is slaving over a novel. He asked that I read the first page to see if it grabbed my attention. It did — but the wrong way. I counted 17 adverbs.
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