Wizard Academy

So, I’m Teaching This Class …

Starting March 14, I’m teaching a course that will help you speak more powerfully, connect more authentically and write more persuasively. At least that’s what the course description says. It’s chock-full of impressive adverbs. Plus, you can attend wearing only your underthingies. The fine folks at Wizard Academy have finally shown a demonstrable lapse in [...]

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The Civic Lessons: A Keynote Sneak Preview

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Hope all is well. I’m on the road to speak a couple times this week. I’m writing from the simply beautiful Hanover College on the banks of the Ohio River in Indiana. Then, I’ll head over to Springfield, Illinois to speak to about a thousand volunteers on Thursday. (All that just to set up this [...]

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The Seven Year Scratch

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What were you doing seven years ago this week? May of 2003. What was going on in your world? I wrote the following email seven years ago about my first evening in Austin, Texas … or more correctly Buda, Texas. Dee and I weren’t married yet and figured if we could survive a 16-hour drive [...]

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Sneak Preview of The Pendulum

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