My kids and wife wanted to go skiing. I didn’t.  I’ve been on the road traveling as a motivational speaker to Florida and Pennsylvania, I wanted to sit home, eat Cheetos, watch the Olympics and veg out.   But I’m glad I went skiing…my family was right.  Doing ANYTHING beats doing nothing nearly all of the [...]

I was flattered to speak at a diabetes forum in Canon City, Colorado recently.  I love my job as a speaker.  And I love being a Colorado Speaker because I live here.  (Yay, no airplanes today!)
But this one was personal:  my daughter has Type 1 Diabetes.  This is a big deal, requires constant vigilance, and [...]

Years ago I did school assembly program called the Magic of Books.  It’s a motivational literacy program —
I use magic and comedy to demonstrate the cool things you can learn through reading.
I did at least 800 shows, and over 200 schools — nearly all of them in my home state of Colorado.  Recently, I donated [...]

What’s cooler than being a motivational speaker? Being a customer of the very same people that you motivated.
I had the excellent fortune of speaking to the Colorado Dude and Guest Ranch Association a few months ago. It was a fun gig: we were in the Ritz Carlton in the Colorado Rockies. [...]

How to Use Magic to Make Yourself Happy
Why is being a magician so cool? There are a few reasons, but one of my favorites is working for special people and wonderful groups.
I recently volunteered for the Jewish Family Services of Colorado and their residences at the JFS Group Home. It was [...]

Ok, perhaps I should explain.  I just did a full-day seminar / training for the support staff at Colorado Mountain College.  This is a great group of folks that run the many campuses all over the state.
I commonly take groups for a 1/2 of training and motivation.  But I was lucky to get this group [...]

If I EVER read another blog post on work / life balance I might gag. Yes, we all know that we should try to work less, and have fun more, right?
But Wii often miss that Wii not only need to spend time “not working”, but Wii need to spend time purposely “having fun.” [...]

Holy Moly.  Even I can’t believe I’m writing more about how Southwest Airlines uses humor, levity and lightheartedness to improve their bottom line.  I know it.  And you know it.  Humor + work = improved bottom line.
What amazes me is how United Airlines and the other struggling airlines are the only ones NOT learning from [...]

I’ve been on a kick lately of having fun   -  with a purpose.
I tell my audiences  that happiness is an attitude.   It’s a choice.   But an often neglected portion of the happiness equation goes beyond attitude, mind-set and emotion.   To do it right— to be your happiest— you also have to get physically involved [...]

Here is an invitation to the Women’s Realtors and Fort Collins Realtors event in February:
–
Howdy Folks! I’ll be your keynote speaker speaker for the Big Shin Dig on Feb 12th at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Check out this video I made especially for you:

I’ve been a motivational humorist speaker here in Colorado [...]