2017 was a year of growing my personal brand and doing things that were off my radar.

I ran with my ukulele passion by developing accelerated learning programs. The model energized people to succeed with fun and adventure.

I took a step back to assess my experiments with making uncommon adventure common.  The depth and breadth of the results showed that I had become an Experience Artist.

I invested the month of December to be my authentic and playful self - as a personal celebration....

Thousands of strap hangers in New York City rose to the challenge to participate in an international day of silliness by riding a New York City subway in their underpants, despite the really frigid temperature.  I was one of them.

I did it for the uncommon adventure. I did it to meet new people. I did it to live in the moment with abandon. I did it for the joy of accomplishment. I did it because I’ve done it before and it made me think, "I am capable of even bigger things."

Afterwards, the...

My around the clock local adventure happened by accident. I tried to talk myself out of it without success.

I was to attend a twelve hour overnight Philosophy conference at the Brooklyn Grand Army Plaza Library, followed by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Sunday Service and attend a NYC matinee performance, Could I dare to do this on two successive days without sleep? 

I knew that I could do it if I set my mind to it. The conference program was exciting and it got edgier as goers became uninhibited...