My youngest son, Cort, didn’t enjoy his first airplane ride. He was four and from the moment we took off, he kept asking…

I often speak to groups about networking. People think I have a secret to success around it. But I’ll tell you the same thing I tell them: I don’t like networking…

Follow the Glow originally appeared on the old website of bestselling author Rick Smith. Rick is a…

Passion. It sparks in radiant arcs when you discover it—or it discovers you. When you possess it, you couldn’t hide its warm glow if you tried. Passion spills beyond the edges of your physical form to…

Some of you may have noticed a lag between posts recently, which may imply I’m not writing as much. Au contraire. Last week I wrote at least six hours a day, sometimes seven and eight. What am I spending so much time writing if not…

Imagine for a moment you're confined to a prison cell. It’s not the dark, dank room we’ve grown to expect based on the movies. Instead, it’s warm and comfortable. You’ve decorated it with…

When a caterpillar emerges from a chrysalis, does it know it has become a butterfly capable of flight, or does it make a leap of faith from the empty husk? I not sure we’ll ever learn the answer, but…

There is something you were meant to do. The fortunate among us know what that something is and are…

We repeat the phrase without ever hearing it. Underneath is a harder question—who taught you where your ceiling was?

I’ll let you in on a secret, but don’t laugh. Well… you can laugh, but try not to do it in front of me. Here goes: the reason I learned to fly an airplane was because…

One luxury of flying an airplane is you travel straight to your destination. Barring an obstacle along the route, like restricted airspace or an ornery weather system, you can…

Flying sustains me. When I walk away from my airplane after a flight, I have tremendous energy, and I’m ready to …