I’m the worst waterskier in my family.
My younger brother whips back and forth like a pro, hitting the outside buoys on the slalom course and leaning sideway until he’s practically parallel to the water.
My Dad has been a hot shot skier since he was 8.
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My Dad has been a hot shot skier since he was 8.

What if your boss knew what you were thinking during meetings?
What if your spouse knew what you were daydreaming about during dinner?
What if your coworkers and customers could hear your internal dialogue all day long?
When I was 10 I told my mom I wanted to be a TV preacher. Then she informed me that I’d probably have to join a church, so I gave up on that plan.
My first big wake-up moment occurred at my mother's funeral. I was 29 years old and seven months pregnant with my first child. My mother had died at the age of 53 after a yearlong battle with breast cancer.
We tend to think of failure as catastrophic. It’s a big scary horrible thing to be avoided at all cost.

