I had the good fortune, and also misfortune, of having to empty “stuff” from my garage the other day to make room for more stuff.

Many years ago when I was starting a new career in sales, my father took me aside. He shared three stories that were inspirational and offered me a unique attitude toward selling.

I was recently invited to attend a conference in Las Vegas. The nature of the conference is not important. The short break from my daily routine was.

Sometimes real life is amazing. You cannot help but wonder if what you are seeing is real. Let me illustrate.

On Easter Sunday at the home of my wife’s relatives, we were eating when a 7.2 earthquake hit. The ground in Poway began to move, the house began to shake. Glasses, plates and food started moving across the table.

A client recently introduced me to her 17-year-old daughter who had nervous habits that made her uncomfortable.

[Editor’s Note: “Of Course It’s in My Head” normally appears on Mondays.]

Sometimes the things we need to do build to where they cannot be put off.

One never knows whom one will meet anyplace at any time. Walking a dog, going shopping, walking in a park, on a beach, going to a museum or library.

A couple came to my office the other day whom I had met at a social gathering a couple of weeks before.

I used to work out of a chiropractor’s office in Beverly Hills. Although many patients would have been great candidates for hypnotherapy, the nature of the office was that most clients were personal injury cases referred by attorneys. Therefore, the chiropractor was unwilling to have her patients see me.