92. Never Into The Net
I compete in a three day swimming competition at Harvard University each March. It’s one of only two times each year that I race. It means enough to me that I shave my body for the event. A couple of years ago, my final race was approaching and I was exhausted. I had already raced […]
88. Plant A Tree
What would you do for a Klondike bar? We have been asking that question of ourselves since 1986. What would you do for a Klondike bar? The marketing campaign pitted the reward of a Klondike bar against the cost of absurd tasks. Klondike’s website shows videos of people skateboarding, hugging a cactus, cannonballing, doing pushups […]
87. Bury A Treasure
Today is my son Max’s 22nd birthday. I let that roll around my brain this morning. My son is 22 and he is my youngest child. Birthdays and anniversaries are great days to reflect back on the influential times of our lives and those with our loved ones. When Max was younger, the book I […]
85. Swim Your Race
It was race day. My first Ironman competition in Panama City, Florida was about to start. The competitors were filtering onto the beach from all directions. Waddling like Emperor penguins towards the starting line. Dozens of swimmers were warming up in the choppy waters and hundreds seeking help to get zipped up. The announcement came […]
83. Know A Guy
Shortly after graduating college, I received a great piece of advice from a successful entrepreneur who was in his late sixties. He said, “Trent, you need to make a list of ten important people, write down their phone numbers and keep it in your wallet.” Much to my surprise, the manager at the liquor store […]
82. Feeling Sluggish
A few years ago, PhD candidate Sakaya Mitoh at the Nara Women’s University in Japan made an interesting discovery in her laboratory. She found one of the lab’s captive-raised sea slugs, an Elysia marginata, was mysteriously decapitated. Scotland Yard and the NCIS team were too busy to answer the call to solve the mystery. Sakaya […]