I met Mike Abramowitz when I first moved to Tampa and as fast as I met him, he disappeared from my life. It wasn’t until a few years later that we bumped into each other again at a conference that we reconnected. And it was definitely one of those right person at the right time kind of things.

In fact, I don’t know if you would be listening to this episode if it weren’t for Mike. He had an amazing story about what he was doing with PB&J sandwiches that inspired me to want to share his story and other stories just like his. What I found most inspiring about Mike is that he is living proof that you can take something so simple and make such an enormous difference!

Here are some of the links to the things Mike is working on:

• PB&J for Tampa Bay
• The G.R.A.B.B. Community

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When I first met Joel Comm, I thought he was a “lowercase d.” It was a bunch of years ago and I was at a Tony Robbins conference and he was one of the speakers. After his talk there were a few people in line to talk to him and after each one, he took their picture with his phone and then entered in their contact info.

Except me.

When I got done talking to him, he politely said that it was nice to meet me and as I waited for my picture and got my contact info ready, he moved onto the next person.

From that day forward, anytime I read anything he wrote, I gave him this really whiney annoying voice.

It wasn’t until years later that he and I were speaking at Inbound in Boston and met up again at the speakers party. We talked for about 20 minutes or so and before I left, he took my picture and added my contact info into his phone.

Suddenly Joel was cool.

Actually, Joel has always been cool. Me? Not so much. I mean, now I am. But back then I still had a few things to work on. Probably why I was at a Tony Robbins event.

Anyway, this was a really fun interview. We actually did it twice because I deleted the first one by accident.

We talk about some cool stuff like his TedX talk, being authentic, giving advice and of course his whole Do Good Stuff thing and how a portion is being donated to Water is Life.

It’s worth the listen. I think so anyway.

Joel Comm’s TEDx Talk

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If you’ve spent any length of time on the Internet, you’ve probably bumped into Chris Brogan. He’s sort of the welcome wagon around here. Maybe he wished you a happy birthday. Shared something you’ve done. Responded to something you say. Or just welcomed you to the neighborhood.

It’s his thing.

One of Chris’ gifts is his ability to care. And that was one of the things I really wanted to tap into during our talk.

We chatted about how we met (which is actually a pretty fun story), how he sees himself in this crazy world, success and failure, legacy and that whole birthday thing he does on Facebook and why he does it.

If you don’t know Chris already, get to know him. If you do, you’ll hopefully walk away knowing him a little better.

And whether you know him or not, get on his Sunday newsletter because it will be one of the highlights of your week!! I promise!

That Time I Crashed Chris Brogan’s Gig on His Birthday…

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I don’t matter.

That’s really how this whole thing started. I was living in New Jersey in what I would describe as a self-induced coma. Forgetting about the dream my 6 year old self had of wearing a cape and making a difference in the world.

Having to stare that in the eye was just too difficult, so I decided to do what any rational person would do when faced with a life that was not meeting expectations. I ran away. I picked up my family and tore them from everything they knew and we moved to Florida.

And that’s when I met Dick.

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