You must know the story of the elephant at the circus, right? In case you don’t, here’s what happens. When elephants are very young, they put a rope around their legs, drive a stake into the ground, and then tie the other end of the rope to the stake. The little elephant is not strong enough to … [Read more...]

I did something with my wife the other day that I’ve never done with her. Since the new year is rapidly approaching, it seemed like a good time to examine where we're headed. 50 goals. That was the exercise. Sounds easy right? Fifty things I want. Hmm. I was exhausted after 30, and I realized … [Read more...]

Moving into 2021, I’m putting a lot more time and energy into the Scholars program. In fact, I’m going to be putting a lot more time and energy into everything at PAER. I’ve got some fun things planned and a few things that are already slowly rolling out. One of which is a new app I’m … [Read more...]

By now you know that I wrote, and also sell, a book called The Final Step – a collection of about 1,200 short, key-term-type questions. Every once in a while, I get an email from someone that goes kinda like this: “Brian, don’t you know that they don’t use key terms on the exam … [Read more...]

So, with the coming of the New Year, I’m always thinking about planning. How to make things better, how to get more accomplished, and how to make this year better than last year. I came across a Stephen Covey quote - if you don’t know him, he’s the guy who wrote a little-known book called “The 7 … [Read more...]