I love my friends. They inspire me daily. Recently with the giving challenge I’ve been hearing from new and old friends alike – all offering something. Today I get to share one of those gifts.  My friend Matt Tauber reached out to me and sent me this heartfelt email. Hey there my friend. It’s truly…

Friends, are rare. Well, truly good friends are rare. Even rarer still is to make good friends late in life. We all have our crew of people we’ve grown up with, gone to high school & college with etc, but it’s been my experience that it’s rare to meet people that you sort of fall in…

The past week has been a tough one for my parents. Today (Saturday), after spending some time with my daughters, I headed up to my parents home.  I hung out with my Dad. It helped to allow my mother some time to get out and grocery shop.  Today my gift was time. Time with my…

I’m heading home today from a few days in Texas. This morning a car service picked me up. My driver was awesome. A father of 5 kids retired Army veteran – just a fantastic all around guy. We discussed some of his best customers (Tom Hanks), and worst (soccer moms). I’m still laughing about that…

Today I was the keynote speaker at Wilson Associates Dallas Points of Excellence Awards luncheon. I spoke for about ½ hour. At the conclusion of my speech I explained to the audience what I’m doing here for my 69 day challenge. Then I asked the audience if they liked Starbucks. A few people put their…