The Way Up

Vicki Salemi of AOL Jobs gave me an opportunity to contribute to an article she wrote for AOL Jobs.  Look for my part in the fifth bullet of the article.  You can find it at http://aol.it/fCUv44  

Bob Goldman at Creators Syndicate wrote a great review of The Way Up.  Great in that it was humorous and positive.  That said…you can tell he is not a big fan of management and certainly not a big fan of “insurance executives”.  But…he liked the book and gave it a bit of press and I…

Hi,   Amy Levin-Epstein wrote an article for CBS Moneywatch and was kind enough to let me contribute to it.  You can find it at http://bit.ly/g6WHrZ.

I just got word that The Way Up won an award…a gold medal for first place in the Career book category from Axiom Business Book Awards.  I looked through the list of winners in the various categories and there are some terrific authors and all the great publishing companies represented.  The last time I won…

In the next week or so, my mom, Coleen Hurzeler, will celebrate her 90th birthday.  NINETY!  Pretty amazing.  And dad beat her to the mark…he will be 93 this summer.  They still live in the home I grew up in, still drive and continue to amaze me with their energy and love. I am one…

I have done a huge amount of public speaking in my day.  Sometimes there are thousands in the audience.  Other times it is just a couple of dozen.  And in the old days, it use to make me nervous as heck.  Then one day I woke up and realized, I can’t live like this…nervous all…

Most of us think we know what we are doing, know how our actions affect others and are aware of both our strengths and weaknesses.  Or…we lack the confidence to really know the truth about ourselves. Both are dangerous situations. We are often too close to a situation to really understand exactly what is going…

Ever feel overwhelmed by the project or task in front of you?  We all do. But here is the cool thing…we can do huge things if we just do them a little bit at at time.  Impossible things.  It just takes a plan and determination. The last blog mentioned my trips to Yellowstone with my…

In the last blog I mentioned the millions of photos of a waterfall in Zion National Park and the value of finding a unique way to photograph it.  Here is one more thought on the subject. How many photos have you seen of Old Faithful or of the Upper Geyser Basin at Yellowstone?  Plenty I…

How many people go to Zion National Park a year?  My guess is that it is in the millions.  How many of those pack a camera and take some pictures…at least 25% of the visitors…maybe more.  And how many of them got the photo you see in this blog? Just me.  It is unique and…