Handing Over The Mic
Friday night was our son’s first high school basketball game, along with all boys basketball teams of every age. Annually they play a team called the Vipers, who have special needs and are incredible and inspiring to watch, as we boo our sons and cheer on this visiting team. It’s quite an experience. They rarely […]
Can Accountants Laugh?
Have you heard this one? How do you tell the difference between an introverted accountant and an extroverted accountant? The extrovert looks at your shoes. That joke has maybe been told to me about 457,682 times after gigs with accountants. Few things strike fear in the heart of a performer like hearing, “We need you to […]
Favorite Events
They say you’re not supposed to have a favorite kid. It might even be risky naming a favorite place to eat if you’re a food critic! But what about Favorite Events when you’re a Speaker & Performer? Truth is, we usually just discuss the nightmare events among peers, such as the time I couldn’t get […]
7 Speeches in 2 Days on 1 Leg
Last month, right in the thick of my injury still less than 2 months old, surgery pains shooting through my body, in a hinge brace, I had the challenge of an injured speaker’s lifetime: 7 Speeches in 2 Days on 1 Leg We traveled to Panaca, NV, considered proudly by locals to be “the […]
Make A Wish
A chronically ill child requests one person for their Make A Wish…and it’s you! Do you drop everything and go? Do you talk yourself out of it due to schedule? Do you chicken out because you don’t know what to say? If you’re John Cena, you make a wish happen no matter how busy […]
The SHOW is Back!
“We don’t want a Speaker for our holiday party, we want someone to make us laugh, do entertainment, no business talk…just fun!” Loud and clear, this client wanted what we call in showbiz “The Show”. Oddly, I said yes, and we booked the date for December. When I say, “oddly”, perhaps you don’t know what […]
Gained The Weight Back
“Burn all the videos”, I said, watching myself in disgust. “No one will ever see these.” In August 2021 I hired a video team to film a huge event at an arena where I was Keynote Speaker in Las Vegas for over 10,000 people. It was expensive to have them film, and sadly the audience […]
10,000 Educators
In the past 2 weeks I have spoken to an estimated 10,000 educators all over my home State of Utah. Had you told me when I was in 3rd Grade sitting in the hall in time-out because I had disrupted the class again, that 35 years later I would be speaking to teachers who […]
Your Favorite Part
“The Raptor Daddy Dinosaur routine!” “TJ The Shuttle Driver – Yee-Haw!” “The part where you took Facebook off your iPhone to be a more present Dad!” These are some of the many responses I get following a presentation of “The Promise” when signing books and asking attendees what their favorite part was, or what […]
The Promise of Perspective
11 days ago was the last time I have been outside and even had the privilege to go for a car ride. I had just returned home from the hospital, hopped up on all kinds of meds my body has never felt before, never been through surgery in my life, as my 44-year old […]