True Adventure Rarely Knocks on Your Front Door.

I am pretty excited.  My newest book, The Geezer’s Guide to Adventure, hits Amazon this coming week…in fact, it may already be out there as an ebook and hardback.  So, my mind is all over the subject of adventure…and that means I feel the need to blog. Fair to say, I have always been adventurous.…

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Summoning Up The Courage to Make Your Dreams Come True

There are dreams and there are dreams. I always wanted to win an Olympic gold medal.  That is a dream that will have to remain a dream, as I am now 77 years old.  I wanted to pitch in the World Series, climb Everest and bench press 350 pounds.  All of those things just are…

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Doubling Down on Two Piece of Advice That Readers Hate to Hear

The two unpopular pieces of advice…be open to physically moving to make your dreams come true in your career and retirement And Don’t buy a time share. People (including me) do not like change. However, when things are not working out as desired, change may be needed. Moving, especially from the area where you were…

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A Visit With Larry Brandon

                          I got a note from Christine Brandon reminding me of the cover shot used by her dad, Larry Brandon, on his book…Pathway to Progress. By pure coincidence, it was of a similar stretch of the Bamboo Forest in Kyoto, Japan that I…

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YouTube Podcast with Andrew Holland…Really Long and Very Well Done. I think you will enjoy it.

I met a guy on a night manta trip…great guy named Andrew Holland. Turns out he has a podcast and he asked me to be on it. The podcast came out today on both YouTube and on Apple Podcasts. The YouTube link is https://youtu.be/J3jTlA0bqzU The Apple Podcast link is https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-40-lava-light-galleries-don-hurzeler/id1664838184?i=1000630915806 Most of you have heard…

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On The Radio Again With Bill Brady

Bill Brady has a great radio show on 50,000 watt powerhouse in Phoenix, KFNX 1100. He had me on this past week…a two parter. Here is the second part of that interview…about ten minutes long. Bill is a guy who makes being on the radio as easy as talking to a friend in your living…

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Believing in Magic

I’ve had a friend for maybe 35 years, Ted Silverberg.  Ted has a friend, Craig Shoemaker.  Craig is a world class stand up comic and tv star.  He was working a club in Kona and Ted connected me to him.  Craig suggested we go see his good friend, Paul Kozak, a comedian and magician that…

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Here’s Hoping

I feel reality is important, but not final. That thought works two ways. If I am winning and at the top, it gives me a clear understanding that may not be the case forever…so I enjoy it now and celebrate. But much more importantly, on those many occasions when I or my team come up…

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