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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Moments of Excellence.

Every so often, I try to take my expectations up a notch in an endless quest for excellence. The first time I really discovered how far I could take excellence was when William L. Belan, who was on the committee approving the written analysis for my Master’s Project told me […]


About Choices

ABOUT CHOICES: We all make choices every day. The choices we make are exactly what we want to do at that moment. As humans, we are required to make those choices with incomplete information and often quickly, so we are hard-wired to choose based on what we know, and what […]


Why People Don’t Follow Through

We don’t follow through because it’s hard work. Following through on our intentions is a challenging task that requires discipline, motivation, and perseverance. To understand why it’s hard for people to follow through, take a look at the stages of change that individuals often go through when they are trying […]


What Makes Something REAL?

For me, the Impact Factor Movie became real the day I told Larry Steinhouse we were going to start filming the last week of August 2019. Now bear in mind that I didn’t have any money to start filming a movie, I didn’t even have a completely finished script, or […]


WARNING THIS IS A RANT!

Don’t come … unless Forgive me! I woke up from a dream this morning and I’m completely fired up! In the dream, I was giving the speech of my life. I was saying all the things that I wanted to say in perfect flow. It was pouring out of me […]


I just lost it all …

I spent about 30 minutes on a LONG post talking about how I REALLY wanted to get together with you. Yes, you specifically! Then I ended up tagging a BUNCH of people who I “specifically” wanted to get together with and Facebook decided that I’d talked too long and dumped […]


Season Three, Episode One: The Impact Project

Season Three of The Impact Factor Podcast. We kick off Season Three of The Impact Factor Podcast with a great conversation “Ken McArthur talks to Bob Yeager about The Impact Project!” Transcript Bob Yeager Interview of Ken McArthur on the Impact Project Bob Yeager: Bob Yeager here from Self-Reliance Media, […]


Nostalgic

I’m feeling nostalgic. It seems to be happening more and more frequently. I suppose nostalgia increases with age because as you get older, you are constantly reminded that time is rapidly slipping away. Sometimes, I think about my family.Sometimes, I think about close friends.Other times, it’s people who I might […]


The Impact Foundation

For the past several months I’ve been trying to figure out what I want to do next. SO MANY OPTIONS! It’s hard to choose from such a wealth of opportunities. What should I do, make more movies, have more events, create a school, speak, teach, write, and explore new technologies? […]


Recognize this scene from “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?”

“Here was a gorgeous triumph; they were missed; they were mourned; hearts were breaking on their account; tears were being shed; accusing memories of unkindnesses to these poor lost lads were rising up, and unavailing regrets and remorse were being indulged: and best of all, the departed were the talk […]