A Father’s Signature Move

      When business speaker Paul Stoltz came to The Masters Forum, he already had given hundreds of lectures around the world, but his father, who lived in Minneapolis, had never heard him speak to a group. So, we invited his father. Toward the end of his presentation, Stoltz asked his father to stand, introduced him to the audience, and said this:

      I don’t know of a person who is more giving, on a 24/7 basis, than my father. He doesn’t know how not to be giving. As a matter of fact, the coveted thing to happen in your life is to make the Gary Stoltz List. If you hit that list, you will be sent the coolest stuff, at the weirdest times. He just finds stuff—especially now that he’s semi-retired—he finds stuff and sends it to the list. And then we all talk to each other: “Did you get that?” “Yeah, it was great!” “He’s incredible! How does he find such great stuff?” I would say the ratio of give to get for my father is probably fifty to one.⁵⁰