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Lifestyle Change: Day 35 of 70 – I’m a romantic…

One of my good friends asked me recently if I was a romantic. I paused for a long time. A romantic? I wasn’t even sure if I understood the question. She told me stuff about feelings and more stuff about feelings. I have to say 98% of my life I haven’t been a romantic. But [...]

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Lifestyle Change: Day 34 of 70 – You gotta want it with me…

Shortly after I started therapy I had a sort of revelation. That revelation was that I go out of my way to treat my friends, family, and business associates well. But when I started taking personal inventory of how I was treated, I realized that I didn’t necessarily receive the treatment that I received. Whoa! [...]

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Lifestyle Change: Day 33 of 70 – Who’s gonna rescue you?

It just dawned on me that people who go to friends, family and associates to be rescued from their life issues, and people who find a way to rescue themselves don’t have a whole lot in common. The person who finds a way to save themselves is disgusted with the person who is often in [...]

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Lifestyle Change: Day 32 of 70 – The Key to Bliss? Balance

There’s apparently something to be said for the saying, “All work and no play makes John a dull boy.” For the past six weeks, I’ve attempted to get an equal mix of work, play, being creative, being analytical, pampering myself and pushing myself to the limit. I have found that I’m happiest when I have [...]

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Stand For Peace Assemblies & Screenings: Major Successes!

I met some really motivated young people at Trenton Central High School today. I had two assemblies and a luncheon meet and greet. I just want to thank the students for sharing their stories and speaking up. I met some young entrepreneurs, aspiring actors, and just all-around good people. The principal there is mad cool! [...]

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New Jersey Film Screening: Certified Smash!!!!

Yo! My film screening for Can She Be Saved? last night was off the meter. We had a great turn out. I’m on my way out the door to do two keynotes at Trenton Central High School, but I’m posting a couple of photos here. If you want to see all the photos, please visit [...]

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Tags: Can She Be Saved?, new jersey, trenton

Lifestyle Change – Day 31 of 70: Jump Off The Cliff (figuratively)

Okay, so here it is. People have noticed that I’ve turned the volume up in my career this year — oh about 10,000 decibels. I guess that’s a lot. It sounds like a lot to me. I’ve made myself louder because I wasn’t nearly as loud as I needed to be. And guess what? In [...]

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My Movie Of The Week: Sex and the City 2

The preview and trailer is CRAZY! It opens this week and I’m in the theater on this one!

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Lifestyle Change Day 30 of 70: With You or Without You…

I was recently asked how did I get motivated to write my first book. It’s not a particularly enlightening series of events. When it was time for me to write my first book, I simply knew that it was time for me to do it. But when it was time to get that first book [...]

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Film News: Can She Be Saved? Goes International!

The International Youth Film Festival Festival in the UK has selected Can She Be Saved? to screen at its 2010 festival which features Sir Anthony Hopkins as a patron. The film festival is being held in Port Talbot, South Wales from August 3 – 7th, 2010. The mission of the IYFF is to: honour the [...]

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Lifestyle Change: Day 29 of 70 – Focus on YOU!

One of the biggest gifts that this lifestyle change has given me is the clarity to focus on myself. As I’ve read The Artist’s Way and thought about the goals that I’ve set for myself, I’ve realized I wasted the most time and energy when I was more concerned about other people’s issues instead of [...]

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Lifestyle Change: Day 28 of 70 – 1 Hour of Fun

I’ve been hanging in here with my lifestyle journey. The Artist’s Way has been helping me tremendously with its suggestions of doing things that I like each day. So, I’ve committed to having an hour of fun each and every day. Some days I play tennis for 30 minutes and then I’ll go bike riding [...]