As a professional keynote speaker, my job is to share value-rich content in an entertaining, informative, and actionable way. My expertise lies in what I call mindful productivity, the practical application of mindfulness combined with high performance best practices. Over the years I've developed dozens of strategies that I personally use and recommend for others when on the quest to make more time, get more done, earn more money, and have more fun. And none are more importa

Like most parents, when my daughter was younger and misbehaved, I relied on the tried-and-true punishment of the ubiquitous ‘time out’. It was clear, quick, easy to monitor, and most importantly, effective. After just a few minutes of sitting quietly to “think about what she had done”, her whole demeanor changed. It was as if the silence was magic, softening her angry edges and allowing her to return to her normal, adorable self. (I always had a sneaking suspicion that she wa

I don’t know about you, but I am sick and tired of trying to do it all. My to-do list is no longer simply a list but a series of hundreds – yes, hundreds – of tasks that I have entered into Evernote that I will never, ever get to. My calendar is metaphorically busting at the seams with commitments that I was a crazy-person to take on in the first place. At the end of the week, my desk resembles a Hoarding: Buried Alive episode. The struggle is real, people, and the cost we ar

“What do you speak about?” was one of the pre-qualifying messages I recently received from a potential suitor on Bumble, a popular dating app. “I speak on resilience, change, mindfulness...those kinds of things.” Instead of immediately accelerating the conversation with the oh-so-romantic “Send me a pic” text, he refreshingly writes, “Tell me about resilience.” What makes people bounce back from adversity to shine even brighter? Why does someone get up instead of staying down