by Walt Hampton | Jun 19, 2026 | Success
My eyes scanned the shelves. I nodded and I smiled. I recognized that I owned nearly all of the self-help books in the store. And I knew in that moment that I was finally on the road to getting better. That was decades ago now. Yet I remember clearly the...
by Walt Hampton | Nov 13, 2025 | Success
When I was a lawyer, I was successful. I was making good money. On the outside, it looked like I had it made. But on the inside, I was miserable. The work didn’t light me up. It drained me. I remember sitting in my office one night long after everyone else had gone...
by Walt Hampton | Jun 6, 2025 | Success
When I started out at The Big Firm, the supervising partner sat me down for the onboarding talk. He said we got three weeks of vacation. Then he leaned in, lowered his voice, and said, “But no one ever takes them.” I remember thinking: That’s messed up. So I scheduled...
by Walt Hampton | Apr 25, 2025 | Success
Every morning, Steve Jobs looked in the mirror and asked himself one question: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And if the answer was no too many days in a row, he knew something had to change. That’s not just a...
by Walt Hampton | Apr 3, 2025 | Success
“Many people die with their music still in them. Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it time runs out,” wrote Oliver Wendall Holmes. Here’s the truth: We think we have time.We think we’ll get around to it.Next...
