Marc Drizin

I’m dying. No matter how I look at it, no matter what I try to do to change it. I am unable to affect the outcome. It’s inevitable. I’m dying. I started dying more than 50 years ago.  Over 18,000 days.  Nearly 450,000 hours.  26 million minutes.  1.6 billion seconds. At 2.32 a.m., October 18, [...]

“Keep your head down” my mom often told me.  I was a pretty smart kid when I was little, reading when I was three.  I think the fact that I couldn’t hear made that “reading” part of my brain even stronger.  As I got older, the smarts were still there, but my desire to do [...]

“The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye The story of love is hello and goodbye Until we meet again” Jimi Hendrix’ last words in a poem found next to him on his deathbed On average, a human eye takes between 300 and 400 milliseconds to complete a single blink. That’s [...]

Two Sides of the Same Coin:  different but closely related features of one idea (i.e. Rewards and punishments are two sides of the same coin – both are used to control people, and neither works very well). Who am I? I used to know that answer, could relate it in my sleep.  I was the [...]

I am a caring, compassionate, committed leader. Or so my contract says. It seems like lately the only thing I should be is committed. I often times feel lost, without direction.  Everywhere I turn, I see a door close without another one opening. That’s the power of the five percent. Personal and business hopes and [...]

I Am Source AN OPEN LETTER TO MY SON, MAX. Source (n): anything or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Dear Max, I am Source. I’ve spent most of the last year trying to understand this concept while going through the Zarvos leadership development coaching I’ve been involved in since January.  [...]

In our meeting a week or so ago, I challenged our small group to contact one person every day that we listed on our LOA as the “relationship you’re committed to elevating from a level 1-5″. There were 15 days left of VIA at the time, and as Indy 64, I don’t recall ever talking [...]

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!! My big brother and I often heard this phrase from one or both of our parents.  It might have been said while we were sitting right up against the dividing line my folks would have created in the back seat of the station wagon.  Barry got the passenger side of the car, [...]

Selfish:   devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one’s own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others Selfless: having little or no concern for oneself, especially with regard to fame, position, money, etc.; unselfish Two sides of the same coin. I was having lunch with a dear friend, colleague, client, dream-catcher, and [...]

That is what I always felt I competed against.  No, not the beautiful red-head on the left.  That’s my gorgeous first-cousin Lisa.  My heart is fluttering even now as I remember her dancing at my Bar Mitzvah when I was 13.  My Aunt Renee and Uncle Jack gave me some cash as their gift to [...]