Cancun. December, 1995. At the hotel pool: “C’mon everybuddy! Itz time fur beetch volleyball! Donthinkahbowdit, just do it! WOOT WOOT!” My wife and I have been laughing about that line, which we heard 3 times a day for 5 straight days, for the past 15 years. Though recently, the joke of it is that the [...]
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In my opinion, there are too many linguistic clues that suggest an undiscovered force—or forces—that might help us understand why some people are more successful than others in life. Clues such as: “He has a magic touch,” “She’s got that ‘it’ factor,” “There are no coincidences,” or “I was on fire.” It may be tempting [...]
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…it takes me two hours to get a full read on a person, and Rich had me nailed in a New York minute. He spent 6 minutes opening me up, and then with one question he got everything he needed to know…
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