It’s true—I stood next to a mostly naked Matthew McConaughey. I also dined with Penelope Cruz. Before your imagination gets carried away, let me tell you how I came to spend months rubbing elbows with movie stars, and what I learned from that experience. I went to a...
My Deadliest Catch Experience How fishing in Alaska influenced the person I am today You might have seen that show on the Discovery Channel called Deadliest Catch. It takes place in the mass of water between Russia and western Alaska called the Bering...
When Outworking Your Competition Doesn’t Lead to Outperforming Nobody likes to get beaten up. Even worse, getting beaten up and embarrassed in front of everyone you know. It happened to me all the time in high school. Don’t worry—I wasn’t the victim....
I recently told the story of How I Lost an Election, which had the side effect of me enrolling in night classes at my local community college while I was still in high school. It was during that year of taking both college and high school courses that I learned a...
“Is there anybody you can contact who would have more information about your reunion?” Amanda asked. “I have no idea.” “Well, who was your class president? They’re usually in charge of that.” “Uh oh.” “What’s wrong?” “I was class president,” I said. “Really?”...