This story comes straight from Carol Dweck's amazing book Mindset. Phil ,14 years old, was working on a project with his dad when he dropped a bucket of nails all over the place. "Sorry, I'm so clumsy," said Phil. Dad, "That's not what we say when the nails spill." Phil, "What do we … [Read more...]

I’ve been getting more and more emails lately. I love hearing from you. I can’t always respond, but I do read and appreciate all of it. I particularly like these emails. === Hello, My name is David. First, thank you for everything you do, I know you have helped a lot of PA students and I … [Read more...]

I got this email a few days ago and since it’s come up a few times I thought I’d respond to it here for everyone. === Hi Brian! Thank you so much for your podcast and website! You have been a life saver! I really want to buy your book, but I am hoping to just buy the digital version. I am … [Read more...]

Last week, a community member pointed me to eBay where you can get a used copy of The Final Step version one for about 170% of what a new one would go for. Apparently now it is billed as an out-print version making it a collectors’ item??? I’m flattered. If you’d like a brand-new copy of … [Read more...]

Last week, I got an email… actually I got two emails, that made zero sense. They were almost asking me questions, but not really. Out of respect to the person who wrote them, I’m not going to share them, but I promise you they were incoherent. The only thing I could get out of them was that this, … [Read more...]