One of my best friends introduced me to the concept of an “elevator speech.” He is a successful executive who works at a big firm in town. I talk to him often about the joys and miseries of teaching and writing and he explains what it’s like to work in his world (a career that
It is often referred to as the most remarkable feat in the history of American sports. A little over fifty years ago, a 7-foot-1, 275-pound center (and former Kansas Jayhawk) by the name of Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points while leading his Philadelphia Warriors to a 169-147 victory over the New York Knicks in a
I recall looking at an upcoming project in an on-line catalogue and thinking about how surreal it was to see my name there. My book was surrounded by pages of talented and seasoned authors: best-selling writers that I imagined didn’t plunk through words on an old laptop like me… no, their fingers effortlessly surfed fruit-branded