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    The Launch of the Unlocking Greatness Podcast

    I just launched an exciting new podcast called Unlocking Greatness. I wanted to share it with you and my reasoning behind it. When I first started my career, I received great advice from one of my mentors. I asked him what I could do to excel at my career. He responded that Read More
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    5 Rules for Successful Meetings

    Meetings. The word has almost become synonymous with wasting time. To quote Captain Kirk, “A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.” Call a meeting and you could almost hear the collective groan from down the hall. As an executive or Read More
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    How Thoughtful Leaders Earn Employee Loyalty

    It’s axiomatic that customer satisfaction is every business owner’s first and highest priority. When customers are satisfied they will return and bring others. More customers means rising sales and profits. Right? Close, but wrong. The best companies understand that Read More
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    Greeny and Lessons for Yom Kippur

    Last week, I had the great opportunity to interview Mike “Greeny” Greenberg, one of the hosts of the uber-popular “Mike & Mike” show on ESPN radio. Greeny is one of the most beloved sports radio hosts in the country, with millions of listeners and fans tuning Read More
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    Hurricane Sandy:The Aftermath

    Tuesday, October 30, 2012. 12:00 am EST “Hello, 911?” “Yes. How can we help?” “There is water outside my house and it is rising fast. It’s already on my first step and I see water bubbling in the middle of the street. I’m not sure what’s happening but I’m Read More
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    Growing from Adversity – Carrots, Eggs, and Coffee

    We all want to live a happy life. We want life to be smooth and pleasurable. However, sometimes, there are bumps along the way. Sometimes we encounter curves, detours and potholes as we navigate towards our intended destination. It’s not whether or not we will encounter Read More
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    Silent Heroes

    We are living in a time in which information is readily available on our fingertips. Never in the history of humanity were we able to access so much advice, content, and data. Today, when we want to know something, our first instinct is to google it and when we do, we are Read More
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    It’s Not What We Say, It’s Who We Are

    As a father, this video struck a cord. It uncovered a concept about parenting that I feel like I knew before, but wasn’t able to properly articulate. Our children don’t learn from what we say, they learn from who we are. They have this unique ability to know Read More
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    Disconnect and Enjoy

    Technology has changed the way we live our lives. It enables to us to reach people around the globe, work from the most remote of locations and access information from virtually anywhere. However, as we become more dependent on our technology, we run the risk of missing Read More
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    Hurricane Irene and My Need for Control

    It’s been all Irene all weekend. At first we did n’t take it seriously. We live in New York, for goodness sake. We never have hurricanes (or earthquakes for that matter). The fact that Hurricane Irene was in the Bahamas, Florida and even North Carolina is one Read More
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    How I Wish for Normal

    It was Saturday night. I was 16 years old and I was having a mini-crisis. I had nothing to do! I couldn’t reach my friends (pre cell phone days, if you could believe there was a time) and I was moping around the house when my grandparents came by. My grandmother looked Read More
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    Welcome to the Website

    Welcome to the website. I am honored that you chose to visit and I hope you find the content insightful and inspiring. My goal is to use this site as a forum to uncover and discuss timeless principles that can enable us to live great lives. I remember when I was a kid and Read More