Every time I read the inspiring stories in this book, I wind up with tears in my eyes. If you like the stories half as much as I do, you’ll really appreciate them. There is a lot of both wisdom and “heart” in these pages.
Over the past 7 years, our son Mark has been interviewing [...]

Book Review: The Gift of Fear: survival signals that protect us from violence
by Gavin de Becker. (Little, Brown and Co., 1997)
I very rarely get to recommend a book as highly as this one. It is packed with useful information that could save your life, and it is well-written and easy to read. It has great [...]

In this very interesting 18-minute video, filmed at one of his very large “Mastery University” seminars in Australia, Tony Robbins asks if anyone present is suicidal. A woman raises her hand, and Tony proceeds to interact with her. I don’t know how long the video will be available online, so if you want to watch [...]

A friend sent me a very interesting example of conversational change:
In the biography of Janos Starker, world-renowned cellist — who has recorded more pieces than any other, and who was once called the “King of Cellists” and still teaching at 86 — there is a story concerning his habit of being late for concert performances. [...]

I am often asked whether there is any “hard science” academic research that supports NLP. There is some good news, and some bad news.
First the bad news…
(If you don’t like bad news, feel free to skip or skim this section.)
Most of the research directly on NLP concepts was done in the 1980s and 1990s; little [...]