Rob Clark

My wife and I had the incredible pleasure of traveling to the West Coast last week.  But during our trip, the coronavirus pandemic and corresponding hysteria swept the nation and the world.  Each day, the news g […]

Many years ago, I wrote a book titled Smiling in the Cube, which served as the inspiration and precursor for this “Resilient Worker” blog.  In one chapter, I tell the story of a baseball outfielder who called for […]

There are chance meetings with strangers that interest us from the first moment, before a word is ever spoken.  –Fyodor Dostoevsky
He was jarringly out of place.  An octogenarian man with a walker, shuffling u […]

Legendary basketball coach Lefty Driesell is quick to share a story.  About old basketball recruits.  About old players.  About old teammates.  About his family.  About life.   Each one is more captivating than t […]

I have taken my kids down to the National Mall on President’s Day ever since they could walk.  It is a glorious tradition that normally includes stops at the Jefferson Memorial, Washington Monument, and Lincoln […]

There is a way out of every box.  It’s just a matter finding it. –Jean-luc Piccard
We are right in the middle of the 50th birthday party circuit and it has been a glorious run so far.  What a great time to c […]

You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want. –Zig Ziglar
My time spent in Hollywood will go down on paper as a failure.  I wanted to succeed in the movie business.  […]

My dog Parker is a good boy.

He is always the first (and sometimes only) one to greet me when I get home, always loving, and always agreeable.  And, in a house full of teenagers, that is a WELCOME departure […]

As a young (clueless) lad straight out of college, I worked in sales for Standard Office Supply, a small company based in Washington, DC.  I knew little about the real world and even less about sales.  But I was e […]

Where do balloons go when you set them free?  It can happen to anyone.  It happened to me. –Jamie Lee Curtis
My parents live in an old, stone farmhouse in southern New Hampshire.  The woods and fields su […]

Deep breath.  Close eyes.  Plunge!

Growing up, swimming was a huge part of my summer routine.  Every Memorial Day, The Clarks would head out River Road to Palisades Pool and start the daily regimen of tr […]