Are you a self-talker? Are you one of those people who, when you go out and meet people, can always find a way to turn any conversation around and make it about yourself?

I know I live in southern California, but Sonja hates feeling chilly so we have radiant heat going in the house. The problem with the radiant heat in our place is that it cranks up really high and starts cooking us like we’re living in a sauna. So the guy who fixes the heat came by the other day and finally looked at the thermostat. He said that the problem is that the thermostat is not communicating with the heat, i.e., that there is a communication breakdown between the two.

Here is an interesting topic. How do you deal with someone who is just an ass? How do you deal with a person like that? You know about whom I am talking. Take this example. You are playing basketball with a bunch of people, and there is always that one guy who never got over losing the high school championship. He is being overly competitive, trash talking nonstop and arguing over every call.

Your life is only as powerful as the people you meet. Think about this for one second. In order to become something in life, you need to learn something from everybody you meet. Everything in life that happens to you, happens to you for a reason. This is not a revelation; it is all just plain truth. The real question, though, is what do you do with this? What do you take away from meeting each person with whom you come into contact?

I can’t believe it’s week 5. Week 5 in the NFL season, and I’m 12-1 in my picks so far.

It’s Saturday and as I was leaving this morning to go speak, I was thinking that I still need to give all of you…