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Earlier this week, I was having lunch with my friend, famous architect Jonathon Stembridge-Rickenbacker.  Jon was lamenting the fact that his wife was away on business, and he would have to attend an architecture convention alone.

Now, for those who don’t know JSR, this guy is one of the most wonderful people to spend time with.  He’s kind, he’s funny, and he compliments me on my mustache nearly every time I see him.
He said to me, “Dr. Matt, I really want to go to this thing, but I don’t wanna go …

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Folks, the other day a guy came into my apartment/office.  I’ll call him Ed, or better yet, a fake name like Freddle.  I better add a last name so that would be something like McMannohaggonbaum.  And if you wanted to pry and we needed a middle name, we could just use Dolly-Parton.  So, just so we don’t get lost, the other day I was paid a visit by Freddle Dolly-Parton McMannohaggonbaum.

Anyway, Fred said to me, “Dr. Matt, how do I become a more confident person?”
I thought to myself, “Well, maybe …

Folks, I was in Maine this past week doing a book tour and giving lectures, so I met up with a good writer friend of mine who lives there, who I’ll call Stedman Kling. Now, I’ve known Stephen for a long time now, and this guy has been reasonably successful in his life, writing mostly stories where someone gets stabbed in the eye, but a few really nice gems.

We had been talking about my successes for a while, which is one of our favorite topics, and I changed the …