Though my day job is rock ’n’ roll (touring/songwriting/recording), I get to speak to 80 to 100 high schools a year about what I believe to be something very “rock ’n’ roll”—giving people a fair shot. Giving students a level playing field and helping them gain the freedom in their lives to use their talents, build something sustainable, and pull … Read More

“Pack a small suitcase and a smaller ego.” —Willie Nelson So much of life is what to include and what to leave out. What to focus on and what to ignore. The space and light that comes to us once we defend our preferences is amazing. To the degree that at some level we might even be afraid of it. … Read More

Do you write down your phone messages in five different places? Do you feel like you need to check five social media sites to make sure you don’t miss something important that might lead to business? Do you say YES to everything that comes your way? This is chaos. There was a time where I would make calls lists on … Read More

  No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell. – Carl Jung I spend every spring/fall season playing rock ’n’ roll and speaking at high schools about “financial literacy”—a very unsexy and non-rock ’n’ roll-sounding term. Please read instead: hope, justice, income inequality—leveling the playing field for the least among us. Our … Read More