Some years back, I was in a meeting with Magic Johnson to discuss a book he wanted to write about business. He told me he’d had two ambitions in his life ever since he was young. Basketball and business. He had accomplished the first one and become a champion. Now he...

There is an Aesop’s Fable called “The River and the Leaf”: A small leaf, caught in the current of a mighty river, didn’t want to go in the direction that the water was flowing. The leaf desperately tried to fight against it, clinging to rocks and branches along the...

The first house I bought was arguably the smallest dwelling in Benedict Canyon. I called it the “Doll House.” Not the cute kind. It was two stories with one narrow cylinder stacked on top of the other. Downstairs there was a small living room and a breakfast nookwith...

Philosopher and theologian Saint Augustine, said, “Angels are like diamonds. They can’t be made, you have to find them. Each one is unique. I know I have angels watching me from the other side.” There isn’t a better time to recognize angels in our midst. We are in a...

As the days pass, it becomes more difficult to explain we have and are still going through but since my wifi just went on after four days, I’ll talk about how it was on the second day of the disaster. That was when I wrote this. The wind was raging endlessly. It went...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else, is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph WaldoEmerson Among my shiny ghostwriting clients, I’ve been fortunate to work with some of the most influential singers/songwriters of my era. Diana...