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A Kinship

On Sunday night, after a weekend of speaking and celebrating my birthday, I went to bed, turned on my DVR, and put on 60 Minutes. The first segment wa...

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The Power of Play

Playing isn’t just for kids.

Everyone plays. We play with our food, we play with the car radio, we play fantasy sports, and so on.

For the last coup...

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The Proper Environment

I love to write with music on in the background. It calms my nerves. I also like to listen to music before I write. I know that I would not exercise u...

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Setting the Mood

There were weeks where I could not or did not write this blog, but for the last year and a half, I have only missed two weeks because of the holidays....

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Twitter Things

To be honest, I didn’t like Twitter in the beginning. It took me a while to understand. My conclusion is it’s about reminding people that you are stil...

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One Morning in 2006

One morning in the spring of 2006…

I woke up and had a speech scheduled for that day.

I always start my speech with this line: “My name is Sourena V...

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How Hard Is My Life?

For the last few months, my manager Kristi and I have been talking about our next steps with my speaking and writing career. Kristi has always brought...

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Debunking Conventional Wisdom – Part 2

Here is the conclusion of my Debunking Conventional Wisdom post, in which I provide the top six conventional wisdoms I disagree with and why. Read par...

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Debunking Conventional Wisdom

Last week I realized what Henry Ford said with his quote, “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” Some of my th...

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Was Henry Ford Right?

Henry Ford famously said, “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.”

I believe life has limits. I can list many t...

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