“There, ahead, all we could see, as wide as all the world, great, high, and unbelievably white in the sun, was the square top of Kilimanjaro.” —Ernest Hemingway Nearly 23 years ago, on October 9, 2003, alongside three climbing brothers, I summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, up and across...
David recently presented a US political analysis and forecast to a group of top business leaders, experts, and academics. The excerpt below is based on this presentation. --Team DMG Global Who will be America’s next president? Answer: An “Outsider,” a change candidate, an insurgent perceived to be...
“My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment . . . The first was to walk without braces.” — Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track and field As the glow of the Winter Olympics fades—melting...
Whether you’re running for president—or leading a business through today’s relentlessly challenging environment—the first job is simple: Define yourself. This is not a branding exercise. It’s a strategic imperative. If you don’t define yourself, others will. Your competitors will. Your critics will. The marketplace will. And once...
Today’s business leaders—and workers at every level—are asking the same urgent questions about AI. Will AI take my job? Will AI begin to control my life? Will bad actors harness AI before the good guys can stop them? And perhaps most importantly for leaders: Is there a...
Quick, go see Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere in a big-screen theater about Bruce Springseen’s journey and depression struggles in making the album “Nebraska.” This is not just one of the year’s best movies—it’s arguably the year’s best movie, with Scott Cooper’s beautiful directing and killer performances from...
[This article was first published as a McBride Magic “Museletter” on September 6, 2025 here. It is adapted below.] “O great creator of being, grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives.” --Jim Morrison Cross-disciplining our learnings is a powerful tool. Consider that...
December 11, 2024; Kuala Lumpur: One of our secrets is this: We learn more from our clients than we could ever teach them. It’s our secret and blessing. Our clients pay us to learn from them. And I’ve been personally blessed to have worked with and...
Key Takeaways From a 107-Day Campaign “Don’t let anyone tell you something is impossible, just because it’s never been done.” —Kamala Harris “After he fails, he draws his lessons, corrects his ideas to make them correspond to the laws of the external world, and can thus turn failure...
David Morey Las Vegas, October 16, 2024: Less than three weeks from perhaps the most important US election since the Civil War—the race is tied. No one is winning. And no one knows who will win. Today, the Harris campaign has reportedly raised nearly twice as much...