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Collaborative Creativity: Tearing Down The Dam Of Creative Endeavors
There’s no doubt that the life of anyone pursuing creative endeavors is filled with ups and downs. While writing my next book, the flow remained pretty damn consistent. My goal was to bang out between 1,000 and 2,000 words a day and this was a mission I managed to...
Hard Work, Burnout, Vacation: A Smarter Path To Productivity
What is it about our American culture that celebrates hard work as the Holy Grail? Today, I stopped by a local shop for an oil change and tire rotation. Within minutes of walking in the machismo bantering between one of the clients and the crew behind the counter...
Weathering Metaphorical Storms
When the hurricane hits we must dig deep into our toolbox of storm-weathering tactics. As someone who has trained since I was a boy, I receive much of my peace, joy and sense of contentment from what I do physically. The need to go, combined with my love for wild...
A Child’s Mind: Our Hope For The Future
Change is seldom easy, but change is always on the wing. Some change is chosen, and some is forced upon us. Each year in the Northern Hemisphere around March and April, depending upon where we find ourselves, one of the great natural changes in our calendar year...
Karma, Yellowstone Style
It was a rough night. With a 5 AM start time scheduled for my guide day the following morning, I made the trek from Bozeman to Gardiner (on the doorstep to Yellowstone’s northern range) to crash at my friend’s house. I settled in just in time to watch the fourth...
Changing Tides
The life of a writer/speaker is no different than that of others breaking out of the box to pursue creative endeavors: the tides are always changing. I’ve always loved water metaphors. In my next book Be Audacious: Inspiring Your Legacy and Living a Life That Matters,...
Grizzlies On My Mind Colorado Style: Interview With Grand Junction Sentinel
It was one year ago today that my memoir Grizzlies On My Mind was released. I won't ever forget that magic day in Denver, Colorado. It began speaking on the steps of the state capitol as the closing speaker for a rally protesting the Keystone Pipeline and then the...
The DNA of Adventure
The Hawaii brain train has left the station today. The power of adventure extends far beyond the experience itself. Saltwater, mountain air, pulsing river molecules, powder snow and grimy dirt, it all gets into our blood, becomes a part of who we are and enhances our...
A Little Person’s Inspiration: The Black Footed Ferret
Yesterday was one of those special, “for the memory book” days with my seven year-old daughter. Following my keynote the night before, as the opening ceremony speaker for Spring Into Yellowstone at the Buffalo Bill Cody Center of the West, the curator told us a black...
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