Achieving your dreams

What to Do When Failure Strikes

The plan was to forge ahead. Push on. Wake up. Go to the school. Start setting up the scene and put everyone to work.

Why Affirmations Actually Are Important

Here’s the thing: Like so many others, I was obsessed with The Secret when it first came out. I was around 15.

A Boy's First Encounter with Failure

I took a deep breath and played. Something happened. It wasn’t the right sequence of notes. Or were they the right notes at all?

Why I Don't Allow My Cellphone In My Bedroom

Whether you are in high school, the work force or in some other part of your life, I encourage you to try a day or two without your phone...

The Public Domain: A New Era of Public Creativity

As many of us were quietly (or perhaps loudly) ringing in the New Year on January 1st, an unprecedented plethora of creative works...

A Man Named Don: Tackling Obstacles

The truth is, your dreams will not happen the way you expect them to. And that’s totally okay.