Monthly Archives: June 2011

11 Ways to Come Out of a Long Weekend Without Feeling Like a Waste of Humanity

In this U.S., July 4th is Independence Day! This year, the 4th falls on a Monday, which means most of the country has a three-day weekend coming up (if you’re not in the U.S., don’t worry, you can apply this … Continue reading

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Monday Motivation: Dealing with Flat Tires on the Path to Success

You know what sucks? When you plan and prepare and train for something for a long time, only to have an annoying quirk of fate throw you completely off track. When that happens, you have two options. I learned all … Continue reading

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Steve Martin’s Simple Plan for Massive Success

I have a guest post up on Pick the Brain! You can read it here: Steve Martin’s Simple Plan for Massive Success The post revolves around my favorite Steve Martin quote (and one of my favorite quotes of all time). … Continue reading

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Monday Motivation – 5 Changes You Might Need to Make to Wake Up Excited

Today is another Monday. For some, Mondays signal the awesome beginning to another week. For others, it signals, “oh well, time to go back to work.” For far, far too many, it signals, “oh damn! I can’t believe the weekend … Continue reading

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5 Ways to Add Humor to Your Presentations

I have a guest post up on Rich Hopkins’ blog, Speak and Deliver. You can read it here: 5 Ways to Add Humor to Your Presentations If you like it, spread it around!

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Video: Use Improvisation Techniques To Be a Better Leader

Check it out! I was recently interviewed by Brett Clay of Selling the Change. The video interview was part of Brett’s show, “The Actuation Zone.” It was an awesome interview (if I do say so myself…)! We talked about saying … Continue reading

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The Colossal Stupidity of Selling Your Kidney for an iPad

Pop quiz hotshot: Would you trade one of your kidneys for an iPad? If you are a sane, rational human being, you would of course say, “no way! That’s crazy!” If, however, you were a 17-year-old Chinese high school student … Continue reading

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Monday Motivation: Don’t Let a Year Pass You By…

Question #1: If you could go back in time to exactly one year ago, what were all the things last year’s you wanted to accomplish between then and now? Question #2: How many of those things did you accomplish? Don’t … Continue reading

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38 Ways to Stress Less, Achieve More, and Laugh Your Ass Off Doing It!

This past Tuesday, May 31st, was my birthday. I meant to post this on Tuesday, but it wasn’t done, and then I took Tuesday off as a day to myself, and Wednesday was chock full o’ other stuff. So here, … Continue reading

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