Mask Up When You Have To, Get The Vaccine When You Can. — I’ve bitten my tongue long enough. There’s no holding back now. I become more dumbfounded with each interview, social media post, or personal encounter with people trumping up excuses or complaining about masks, mandates, and vaccines. Complaining is draining. …

Several years after I started the WorldRider blog and took off to ride around the world, I created a YouTube Channel. This was just before Google bought the platform. Most of the video content on YouTube consisted of primarily copyrighted material. At the time, I looked at YouTube as a place…

Do I have a guiding list of principles or rules that I live by? As a world travel adventurer, professional inspirational speaker, and author, people often ask me for advice. Some want travel tips, others ask about technology and photography gear, others are looking for life-lessons learned from the road…

14 Tricks Apple’s Smart Hi-Fi Speaker Does You Didn’t Know When Apple’s HomePod was first released in February 2018, users and critics bashed the product for its less than stellar Siri performance. They placed so much emphasis on this that it overshadowed the sonic performance of HomePod. …

How are you feeling? I know it has been awhile. But I wanted to check in with you. Do you feel you’re on a journey with no destination or end? …

After posting “Five Reasons Why Trying Something New Will Change Your Life,” here on Medium, I received many requests for suggestions of “new things.” The following list is just a starting point for anyone looking to move outside their comfort zone and trying something new or different. Sure, many of…

I just finished a conversation with a good friend and fellow writer — a great writer, in fact. I quickly learned as we chatted that she was feeling empty, at a loss for creative ideas. “I’m just not motivated,” she admitted. …

After spending nearly three weeks riding my motorcycle throughout Bulgaria and exploring its re-emerging wine industry, I sit down one-on-one with Marin Atanasov. Marin is a sommerlier and brand ambassador for the Brand Marketing Organization World Wines. We meet at a quiet cafe in a leafy neighborhood, far off the…

Do you have a Starbucks gift card? Have you reached the “Gold” level? Are you using the Starbucks App on your iPhone to find Starbucks stores, pay for your drinks and collect rewards — Stars? I do all of the above. Yeah, I know many friends and acquaintances who like…