Thomas Lecoq:  

First, if you would like to get in touch, please google my name, Thomas Lecoq. It will lead you to a website with addresses. Life has been a wonderful adventure so far. I could not imagine doing the consulting work I do now way back in high school and college. I loved drama, Downey Childrens Theater back in high school, but in college ended up in journalism. Worked for dailies, managed PR for Kawasaki motors, then discovered business journalism in the Newport Beach area. Today, and for the last 28 years, I've been helping pediatric optometrists start and expand their practices. Along the way, Sue Given and I had a daughter, Amee. Among the most influential events in my life was doing courses first with est and later, Landmark Education. Discovered that life wasn't about me, that what counts is your engagement with others, and finding a way to make a contribution to something that speaks to your heart. As it turns out, that something is a very special branch of optometry that works with kids whose vision interferes with their ability to read and learn. These amazing doctors also do visual rehabilitation for stroke and head injury patients. If you have a child or grandchild who is having problems in school, I recommend that you log onto COVD.org and do some research. Same applies to any child suspected of ADD or ADHD. Check out vision problems before you let some MD drug your grandchild. If you knew me, you know that I spent my high school years in the drama dept. Looking back, it was all the speech and drama classes that counted most from my high school years. Few days go by without my making use of the extraordinary teaching of Richard Miles. I've heard recently that he died decades ago. Oh how I wish I could have told him what a difference he made. How many of us have done the same? My wife and I have moved from south Orange County to the high desert (Apple Valley), and we wish we'd do...Expand for more