Author: Steve Ainslie

So it appears that Trump has violated a number of laws when he absconded with highly classified documents after leaving the White House. Not only did he take these files, he hid them, lied to the Justice Department when they attempted to recover them and instructed his minions to hide them from investigators. I am…

When a celebrity or multi-millionaire sells one of their homes, it’ll occasionally pop-up in my newsfeed with a link to a video tour. Although I don’t pay much attention to famous people, I will check out their homes. I’m curious to see what you get for $10 Million, $50 Million or more. Usually the houses…

My high school class never had a reunion. I’m not surprised. We had one the lamest groups of students to graduate during my four years of high school. Because I was one of the “smart kids” I was able to spend most of my time sequestered with the gifted program thankfully. My mainstream classmates in…

Some of the podcasts I listen to cater a younger demographic – specifically GenZ and Millenials in their late 20s to early 40s. Usually the hosts and guests fall into the same demographic. This makes sense since these generations are the “target demo” ages for advertisers. It also makes sense to me because these are…

Part of my core identity is being a protector. I do not know where this came from. What I know is that if I love someone, I will do everything I can to protect that someone. I fail at this. I failed when my stepdaughter died. I failed when my wife suffered while fighting lung…

A friend who listened to my Solo podcast episode said that he felt I was very “charitable” when referencing certain people. I knew exactly what he meant, because I did this intentionally. The purpose of the podcast was not to be a public confessional, nor was it to denigrate people who hurt me in the…

For about 10 years, I regularly did public speaking both professionally and personally. Over the years, as I became more experienced and worked on it, I went from being nervous and terrified, to quite comfortable speaking to audiences up to several hundred people. I remember a mentor telling me, “You’ll be surprised what people take…

I am alone most of the time, but I am rarely lonely Apparently I’m an outlier – or at least I am when compared to many other people. Psychologists, therapists, authors and media report that we have a loneliness epidemic. Ever since the book “Bowling Alone” was written in 2000, people have been feeling more…

A rule I live by is, “If It’s Important, Do It Everyday”. I first heard this many years ago from a weight lifting coach talking about doing squats. His advice was controversial because it went against the conventional training approach that scheduled multiple days off between workouts because they were required for recovery. I won’t…

When I was a guest on the Solo podcast and talking about how I met my wife, the host asked if I believed in love at first sight. I wasn’t expecting that question and burned out “yes”. ” because I was thinking about how gaga I was for Ellen from the moment I met her….