Here are the 10 hidden truths we’ve been exploring in this book:…

I’ve always suspected that the first official ‘financial’ transaction between nations involved the trade of several chickens for a goat, and that both nations (or what we would today consider to be tribes) had members who violently protested that ‘our chickens are worth way more than their goats’ and vice versa…

When my daughter Maisy won first place in a dance competition and the scholarship and meeting with an agent that came with it, my first thought was: Who knew that putting in four to six hours a day six days a week for years would pay off?..

One of the questions I will often ask my goal‐seeking clients is this: On a scale from 0 percent to 100 percent, how much say do you think you have in how things turn out?

We’ll be taking a deep dive together into the largely uncharted waters of the human potential. We’ll be focusing less on ‘how to live’ than on a new understanding of how life works…

My daughter and I spent Saturday night taking part in a murder mystery dinner at an old-school Los Angeles restaurant that used to be the nightly haunt of Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, and many of the bright lights of Hollywood past and present. As part of...

When I first started teaching people about the work of Sydney Banks just over a decade ago, I had the distinct advantage that nobody had any idea of what I was talking about and I wasn’t that sure myself…

When I first began working with high-income/high-net-worth clients, I was surprised that money came up so frequently as an issue…

I have been skiing since the age of three. While I only ever dabbled in competitive racing for a couple of years as a young teenager, skiing is something I’ve got a feel for – that is, I can do it to a pretty high standard without really having to think about it very much. Similarly, when I teach, I have a feel for audiences. I can somehow intuitively sense…

I’ve always been fascinated by what human beings are capable of and why so few of us live up to that capability on a regular basis. In my TEDx talk, Why Aren’t We Awesomer?, I address that question by pointing out that the mind works more like…

A number of years ago, I had child psychologist and author Alfie Kohn as a guest on my radio show. At one point, I asked him if he had any tips on how to be a more caring and effective parent when you were in a hurry. His answer, tongue only slightly in cheek, was: ‘Don’t be in a hurry.’…

This weekend, I was doing a coaching intensive with a client who seemed to view life as a series of either/or choices to be navigated. “I need to decide,” he said multiple times, “whether to do this (job, career, life choice A) or that (job, career, life choice B)….

A few year’s ago, my son Oliver and I had the chance to go to dinner with an incredibly successful entrepreneur who had recently sold his company to a competitor for hundreds of millions of dollars. When my son asked him to share the secret of his success,...

This weekend, NY Times Bestselling author Anita Moorjani and I have been exploring the nature of freedom, fear, love, life, death, and God with an audience of fellow humans…

Sometimes a good story can help us to do what even the best explanations struggle with – make the invisible truths in life more visible. So here are three of my favorite stories about success, wealth, and the human experience….