The Power of the Negative – Abraham Lincoln

As I get ready to give more speeches related to my new book, “Beyond Genius…”, and RenMen, this article on Lincoln and his genius for using the ‘negative’ as a rhetorical device in speaking and writing, should prove a useful resource       - Scott Now that Steven Spielberg’s new film, “Lincoln,” has sparked extraordinary interest in [...]

2018-06-13T13:21:45-07:00January 23rd, 2013|The MANifesto|0 Comments

Well, How Did I Get Here?

The former frontman of Talking Heads draws lessons from his long and varied career. Almost exactly 26 years ago, David Byrne was on the cover of Time magazine. “Rock’s Renaissance Man,” the headline proclaimed, because Mr. Byrne, aside from emitting tense yelps as frontman for Talking Heads, one of America’s most revered rock bands, had [...]

2018-06-13T13:21:58-07:00October 7th, 2012|The MANifesto|0 Comments

The 18|8 Man Blog

If you believe as I do that life is something special and becomes more special when we squeeze as much nectar from it as possible. To be curious is to be interested or intrigued. To be interested is to be interesting as being intrigued is to be intriguing. If you believe that education comes from [...]

2018-12-03T14:41:11-08:00March 1st, 2012|News|0 Comments