Rest areas dot the landscape along our numerous highways to provide a variety of necessary services to travelers.  In this episode, Kevin shares a particularly poignant childhood story where a rest area became a sanctuary for his family on a dark, scary

How many of you remember robbing your piggy bank to purchase that special item you just couldn’t live without?  If you can remember doing such a thing, you must have had someone teaching you the importance of saving. A good role model helps kids discov

When you think of a person that has an addiction, you probably think they have a problem with prescription drugs, heroin, gambling, compulsive spending or food.  But the craving for drama and excitement can be just as compelling because people are addict

Trick or Treat   Have you ever been accused of playing favorites or having a teacher's pet in your classroom?  Most educators strive to be fair and equitable in the way they treat students, but Kevin shares a different perspective in this episode.  Jo

Harry S. Truman once said, “You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one.  I don’t believe in little plans.  I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can’t possibly foresee now”.  Do you have a five y

Most people are innately compassionate to some degree.  Those of us who always root for the underdog might feel compassion a little more than others, but people generally will lend a helping hand to someone who is down on his luck if they have the opport

At some point most of us have said, "I'd love to learn to..." (insert dream here).  Unfortunately, what sometimes follows is all the excuses for why we can't learn/do the thing we desire.  In this episode, Kevin shares how he overcame obstacles as he pu

Did you ever try to save some driving time by taking a shortcut only to have the trip take longer than usual because the road was rough or you got lost?  Taking shortcuts in life to avoid doing things the right way is never a good choice, and that's an i

Kevin grew up in poverty and attended school in many cities across the United States. Learning to overcome this adversity was a powerful experience that still influences his conversations and his work with educators. He spent 13 years teaching K-12 art in