Ideas are free, execution is priceless.

Time can be the great thinner of things. Especially when it comes to our cherished habits and beliefs. Because the older we get, and the smaller our ego and pride get, the more we engage our capacity to outgrow what’s no longer working for us. And this process doesn’t have to be painstaking. It’s certainly a grieving process, as any change is. But the thinning is less about renouncing…

Sorkin’s monologue at the end of the most successful baseball movie in history makes a powerful point about evolution: Every time you start threatening the way that people do things, every time that happens, whether it’s a government, a way of doing business, whatever, the people who are holding the reins, they have their hands on the switch, they go batshit crazy. It’s tribalism at its most human. Because…

Have you ever had a conversation with a chronic interrupter? It’s infuriating. They insist on correcting your grammar and fact checking your arguments and poking holes in your stories. The problem is, they’re not exactly wrong, it’s just that the small amount their interruptions actually help is outweighed by the massive amount of energy they destroy. Congratulations on sticking a pin the inconsistencies of my story, asshole, but now…

The opposite of judgment isn’t compassion, it’s curiosity. This is our natural human instinct. We are the only species capable of asking the question of why. And that question leads us to discover what lies underneath and beyond the obvious. Specifically, in the interpersonal realm. Only through curiosity can we embrace other people by the whole of who they are, rather than judge them based on a few isolated…

Recently for my birthday, my wife and I performed love songs from my music catalog for all you romantics out there. You can watch the concert from our livestream on Facebook. Thanks to everyone who tuned in, made requests and shared the love on this very special Valentine’s Day. Here was the setlist with some oldies, some recent songs from my last album, and two new tunes from my…