Every month, I give a handful of workshops for CEOs and
senior executives. Entitled “What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?” the
workshops are intended to help professionals develop techniques to combine
success at work with personal satisfaction. Easy to describe, hard to do! I’m
scheduled to give over two dozen workshops in the U.S. and Canada in 2015, with
more on the way. My favorite part of of these workshops is when an executive
says, “I just had an epiphany” or “I never realized this until now, but…”
There’s something powerful about evaluating where you are and where you want to
go, and I love facilitating this process. For a list of upcoming workshops, click here.
I spent two weeks in Tokyo this month, giving a number of
talks, book signings and press interviews. I spoke to executives, entrepreneurs
and students alike. In each case, I found the same desire to create a life of
meaning and explore what it means to truly live. That desire transcends culture
and language.
The Japanese timepiece maker Casio and I announced a
partnership and released a video about the first blind runner to cross
the Grand Canyon rim to rim to rim nonstop. Check out the video here and
don’t forget to enter the sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip to Big Sky,
Montana.
On April 20, I served as a guide to my blind friend Dan
Berlin in the Boston Marathon (the same guy who ran across the Grand Canyon). Three others joined as guides: Alison Qualter
Berna, Brad Graff and Ellen Silva. It was a windy, wet and cold day, but we
sure did have a lot of fun.
Finally, if you’re interested in seeing some fabulous photos
of some iconic U.S. national parks and hearing my tips on which ones to visit,
check out the series of videos I made for about.com. Here's one about the best national parks for children, and there are many more, including Mt. Rainier, Yellowstone, Zion, etc. Scroll through the list of videos at the bottom to see each one.
