The Universal Law of Insanity

This week, we are celebrating the release of the book The Faith of Elvis, which I co-wrote with Billy Stanley, Elvis Presley’s stepbrother. Here on the podcast, I’m sharing a few lessons I’ve learned from working on this project. One of the difficulties of working on this book was that we had far more material … Read more

Collaborating on “The Faith of Elvis” with Billy Stanley

What if you could sit down with someone who was very close to one of the biggest entertainers in American history? What questions would you ask them, and what insights might you come away with? That’s the opportunity I had not only with today’s interview, but also with the whole process of writing The Faith … Read more

Writing is Just a Job

This week, we are celebrating the release of the book The Faith of Elvis, which I co-wrote with Billy Stanley, Elvis Presley’s stepbrother. Here on the podcast, I’m sharing a few lessons I’ve learned from working on this project. If you pick up the book this week or anytime in the future, you’ll notice that … Read more

Taking Initiative to Get What You Want

This week, we are celebrating the release of the book The Faith of Elvis, which I co-wrote with Billy Stanley, Elvis Presley’s stepbrother. Here on the podcast, I’m sharing a few lessons I’ve learned from working on this project. If you were to guess what the most requested image in the National Archives is, what … Read more

Elvis, Nixon, and Learning to Take Initiative

If you were to guess what the most requested image in the National Archives is, what would your guess be? Would it be something related to the moon landings? Maybe something historic, related to WWII or the Civil War? Maybe something from the turn of the century? If so, you’d be wildly off base. The … Read more