Keepin' It Real
I've been doing a monthly blog for over ten years. My goal is to try and reinvent it every month. I also revisit some ideas again—like...
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Lee Silber
May 8, 20211 min read
Motivation in Minutes
I think it was Zig Ziglar who joked that people scoff at motivational materials because they believe the effects won’t last. He went on...
Lee Silber
May 8, 20211 min read
Summer Fun
“It goes by so fast.” That’s what everyone said about raising kids. They were right. Summer is like that, too. It starts slow and then...
Lee Silber
May 8, 20211 min read
Don't Look Down
One of my fears is if I share a set of my slides someone will steal my ideas. Since the slides I am sharing are on facing your fears (and...
Lee Silber
May 8, 20211 min read
Reflection (The Sunshine Club)
For each of our twice-monthly Sunshine Club Zoom meetings I give the members something to reflect on and then share with the group. Since...
Lee Silber
May 8, 20211 min read
Longevity is Success
We did it. Ellen Goodwin and I met at the Waffle Spot for breakfast four years ago and came up with the idea to do a podcast on...
Lee Silber
Apr 9, 20212 min read
True Heroes
I realize not everyone cares that baseball season has started, so I wanted to tell a few stories that go beyond the game that everyone...
Lee Silber
Apr 9, 20212 min read
What's Your Story?
It would be easy to write our life story in 1,000+ words. Maybe even 500. But can we do it in 250 words or less? I’m going to try. Then I...
Lee Silber
Apr 9, 20211 min read
Unwritten Rules
In many fields there are unwritten rules—expectations of how we are supposed to act, and what we should do, and not do in certain...
Lee Silber
Apr 9, 20211 min read
Are You Difficult? (Quiz)
When Meg Ryan said, “I’m difficult. I’m too structured, I’m completely closed off,” it was funny, because it was in a funny movie, When...
Lee Silber
Apr 9, 20212 min read
It's Possible
What parent doesn’t dream that someday their child will play high school sports, get a college scholarship, and maybe make the pros. The...
Lee Silber
Apr 9, 20211 min read
Feet First
Nobody would choose to be sick or injured. We would choose feeling fine—or better than fine—if we could. The good news is, most of us...
Lee Silber
Apr 9, 20211 min read
Some People . . .
Some people . . . you meet them and think, “Now here’s someone I’m thrilled to work with.” I just started working with April (great name,...
Lee Silber
Mar 9, 20211 min read
The Crown
We never know what it’s like to live someone else’s life. What can seem amazing and glamorous from afar can actually be miserable and...
Lee Silber
Mar 9, 20211 min read
Get To The Point
For sale: men’s size medium gym clothes, never worn. Above is my attempt to tell a story in one sentence. Did you get it? Yeah, I’m not...
Lee Silber
Mar 9, 20211 min read
Real Artists Ship
“Real artists ship”. It was Steve Jobs who said that. He was referring to the fact that everyone has ideas, but real artists deliver on...
Lee Silber
Mar 9, 20211 min read
Your Future Self
Ellen Goodwin, my podcast partner came up with an episode idea around the concept of making things easier for our future self—and we ran...
Lee Silber
Mar 9, 20211 min read
A Club For Positive People
My friend Sunshine Blake would often say to people who blamed their past on their current or future problems, “Nobody had a more...
Lee Silber
Mar 9, 20211 min read
Why Am I Here?
I’m reading, “The Cafe on the Edge of the World,” a book recommended by Michelle Mitchell, a reader of this newsletter. It’s an easy,...
Lee Silber
Mar 9, 20211 min read
The Electric Slide
This month Petaluma City in California is preventing new gas stations from being built. Instead, they are looking to the future and the...
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