by Walt Hampton | Sep 4, 2026 | Success
It was late in his career. He’d abandoned the whole idea of a 45- or 50-minute therapeutic hour. We’d have these marathon two-hour sessions. I think about him all the time. Irv saw me through one of the darkest chapters of my life. I’ve been with my coach, Tama, now...
by Walt Hampton | Aug 28, 2026 | Success
This is not a riddle. Question: How do you catch a monkey? Answer: The same way we get caught ourselves. Catching a monkey is fairly easy. Find a coconut and go to the jungle where monkeys live. Cut a small hole in one end of the coconut so...
by Walt Hampton | Aug 21, 2026 | Success
There’s a little light in your car that can cause a surprising amount of trouble. The dome light. Leave it on for a few minutes and nothing happens. Leave it on all night and you may come back to a dead battery. The light itself isn’t the problem. The problem is that...
by Walt Hampton | Aug 14, 2026 | Success
The Uffizi Gallery is Florence’s great Renaissance art museum near Piazza della Signoria. Its halls are filled with works by Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Titian. You can certainly walk through it by yourself. You can admire the paintings,...
by Walt Hampton | Jul 31, 2026 | Success
We go to the grocery store every Saturday morning at 7:00. Over the years, we’ve gotten to know the people who work there. Rob, the produce manager. Henry at the service desk. Debbie in dairy. Last week, we met Danny, the Coca-Cola vendor who comes in to restock the...