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  • Gratitude on two wheels, rage on four: a metaphor for our “age of acceleration?”

    Gratitude on two wheels, rage on four: a metaphor for our “age of acceleration?”

    I see a direct parallel between how I commute and how we interact with each other today. Our online communication has put us in a heightened state of emotion. Try to notice your own feelings next time when you’re perusing your social media feed.

  • Zen and the art of the slide-free keynote

    Zen and the art of the slide-free keynote

    Here are the two questions I ask myself anytime I seek to share something I’ve created: why am I sharing this? And so what? Is it meaningful in any way to me or to my friends, colleagues, students, family, followers? I stopped giving keynotes on storytelling a couple of years ago because I couldn’t credibly answer…

  • A time gone by: storytelling fit for royals

    A time gone by: storytelling fit for royals

    Last night I watched the new HBO documentary Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy. It evoked vivid memories for me as I was in London to cover the biggest story on the planet at the time for NBC News twenty years ago. Within a few short years, I would learn how to shoot and…

  • My fortnight of solitude: the power of retreat

    My fortnight of solitude: the power of retreat

    My spouse had given me the gift of solitary retreat. I eschewed transcontinental travel, metal detectors, even four-wheeled vehicles — along with social media, e-mail, news and sustained human contact. Ultimately, I enjoyed the temporary freedom of deriving any sense of self from my reflection in the eyes of others.