When you look to do for others, it is extremely uncomfortable when someone does something for you. At least that is how I felt when I was asked to remain on the stage after presenting a Hall of Fame award to one of our long-term ex-members. I had just presented the award to my predecessor […]
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Climbing mountains, tall or small, mental, physical or financial has to start somewhere. This week It started with a physical First – walking 15 miles from my home in Medford, NJ to Philadelphia over the Tacony Palmyra Bridge. A long way from the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, which is my goal to climb to raise
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Hosting my own podcast gives me the opportunity to spend time with incredible people. My first guest, Lu Ann Cahn, is such a person. Lu Ann Cahn joined me to share her “Trophy Moment” and how a broken Emmy statue represented the saving of many lives. She shared how she won one of her many Emmys
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Sitting in the classroom of the Speaker’s Academy my ears perked up when the instructor suggested taking an Improv class to help with your skills as a speaker. Always looking for opportunities for another first, I set out on a search for local improv classes. I found one at the Philly Improv Theater hosted at
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I saw an ad online at the end of last year promoting “The Gratitude Journal.” Intrigued, I purchased it and waited for New Years Day to start my year of Gratitude by writing the first entry on the first day of 2024. The journal was broken down into 5 sections with a place for the
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A friend of mine posted the following philosophy of Charles Schulz, the creator of the ‘Peanuts’ comic strip. This may be the Most important thing you’ll read this Year. You don’t have to actually answer the questions. Just ponder on them. Just read it straight through, and you’ll get the point. 1. Name the five
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Life often feels like an unscalable mountain. We all face our peaks – be it battling depression, venturing into business, purchasing real estate, dealing with unprecedented firsts like a pandemic, or literally climbing an actual physical mountain like Mt. Kilimanjaro. My journey through these mountains has taught me valuable lessons. As I look back in
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I had a number of friends cancel a trip abroad next year, months away, because of the war in Israel, specifically the Gaza Strip. We were not traveling to Israel, but none the less they were worried and fearful to make the trip. The facts were that the cruise operator was not canceling the trips.
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As I pen my 100th blog post, I read a fascinating statistic: 67% of people avoid trying new things due to fear. This fear, known as neophobia, is an extreme or irrational fear or dislike of anything unfamiliar, or new – what I classify as a “First.” First time I have heard the word neophobia.
As the world recently bid farewell to the legendary Charlie Munger, who passed away on November 28, 2023, at the age of 99, I found myself deeply engrossed in the program “Charlie Munger: A Life of Wit & Wisdom.” This program was not just a recounting of his professional achievements as a billionaire investor but
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