“Your attitude towards life defines not only who you are, but the quality of life you are after.”
I read a lot. And I talk to a lot of people. And I’m firmly convinced that our moods, for 90% of us, are directly related to our attitude about our lives, our situation, our happiness. A friend sent me an email this morning with dozens of photos of this boy and his artificial legs, his smile and his obvious involvement in a very active life around him. He has, it seems, a …

Tonight I got an advance copy of TED magazine. I have written an article in it - and although the full copy of the magazine won’t be released until Sept. 21 in London at a special TED Salon, you can read the story I wrote here now! For those of you who got the full PDF earlier? MY BAD! I misunderstood about posting the whole thing. Please BUY a copy at the TED store. Sam and the frog crew did such an AWESOME job…it’s WELL worth the purchase! You …

It’s been a little over nine years since I’ve been here. And back then, this place was a dry cleaners. For the past nine years or so it’s been a hot little coffee shop called “C’Ville Coffee.” It ranks as the TOP coffee shop I’ve ever been in. The owner, Toan Nguyen, not only greets you when you walk in, he has a conversation with you, finds out what brought you here. Very friendly guy!
When I explained my “year long adventure,” and told him I was writing and posting about …