When I was 19 I tried to kill myself.
I don’t often speak about this. It’s probably not the kind of topic you talk about at dinner, or on a first date, or when you meet prospective in-laws.
Sometimes, though, it’s a good reminder that even dark turns to light, and the follies of youth can make a huge impact on the paths we take as adults. I know this was the case for me, as it made me face my demons. [...]

How do you overcome your mountains? The challenges you face both in business and personally – are you dealing with the small mountains to overcome the big?
There’s a fairly well-known phrase that goes, “Stop making mountains out of molehills.” For anyone that’s not aware of it, it’s basically saying that there’s no need to make a big deal out of something much smaller.
Usually it’s aimed at people who make a song and dance about the smallest thing.
You know, the drama queens [...]

Cover of Pyromania

In 1983, the biggest-selling album in the US was Michael Jackson’s Thriller, still a pop classic more than 25 years later. The second biggest-selling album was from a relatively little-known (at the time) UK rock band called Def Leppard. The album was Pyromania.
Selling more than 10 million copies in the US alone, Pyromania launched Def Leppard into the melodic rock stratosphere, and introduced music fans previously against rock into their brand of catchy hooks and excellent live shows.
The [...]