by Walt Hampton | Aug 8, 2024 | Success
When is enough? And where? We’d been trapped for 4 days. On a tiny snow-covered ledge. At nearly 21,000’. Blowing, drifting snow. Hurricane-force winds. Temps well below zero. We were out of food and fuel. Morale was low. Actually morale was gone. At dawn on the 5th...
by Walt Hampton | Jul 25, 2024 | Success
My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened. — Michel de Montaigne I come from a long line of worriers. My grandfather was a worrier. He would wring his hands for days before he’d travel about what the weather might...
by Walt Hampton | Jul 18, 2024 | Success
So why do you want success? Why do you want to achieve your goals? What’s in it for you? For many, success is about working hard so that you can get expensive toys… but then there’s really no time to enjoy the toys… because you need to work hard to get the expensive...
by Walt Hampton | May 2, 2024 | Success
I’ve been puttering in my garden. I love my garden. But I find puttering to be a challenge. You see, I’m a big believer in action: Doing, achieving, accomplishing; moving like a shark lest I perish from inertia. Steeped, as I am, in the cultural paradigm...
by Walt Hampton | Apr 24, 2024 | Success
It’s one of the great museums in the world: the Uffizi in Florence, Italy. Filled with some of the most famous works on the planet by some of the most extraordinary artists to have ever lived, like Raphael, Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, and...
