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Smart Ass Success Teleseminar Week 2: The Lazy Person’s Guide to Success with Bill O’Hanlon

The second session of the Smart Ass Success Teleseminar Series is tonight! (7PM EST). Tonight’s expert is Bill O’Hanlon, professional speaker, author of thirty-three (yes, 33!) books, and licensed psycho-therapist with over 30 years experience. He’s even appeared on Oprah! … Continue reading

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Five Habits of Highly Horrible Bosses

I have a good friend who has a horrible boss. Horrible. Just…awful. Every time she tells me about something he does at work, I think to myself, “How do people like this exist in the world, much less rise to … Continue reading

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The “Magic Formula” of Awesomeness: Preparation + Volume + Adjustment

Want to be awesome? Super! You just need to make sure you have three important components in place. Miss one, and your likelihood of achieving awesomeness goes way down. Hit all three, and you shall soon find yourself rolling in … Continue reading

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Smartass Success Teleseminar Starts Tomorrow!

I just wanted to give you a quick reminder that the Smart Ass Success Teleseminar starts tomorrow, Nov 1. The first call is with Scott Ginsberg – it’s an awesome, content filled session with a ton of great ideas you … Continue reading

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Monday Motivation: The 2011 “Do Something Great in November” Challenge!

Are you ready to finish this year by achieving something absolutely positively freakin’ AMAZING?? If so (and if not, why the heck not??), then you are in the right place – because it’s time once again for the “Do Something … Continue reading

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RIP Steve Jobs – 5 Lessons We Can All Learn from an Innovative iCon

As you have probably heard by now, Steve Jobs, entrepreneur, innovator, and co-founder of Apple, died yesterday. It’s quite a loss, not just to the technology world, but to the world as a whole. Apple’s products, driven by Jobs, truly … Continue reading

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Improv, Being Indian, Picking Up Women (Or Not), and Performance Magic

A few weeks back I was interviewed by Craig Price for his Reality Check Podcast. It was fun and content filled, and, as the title of this post implies, we talked about a wide variety of things… Head over to … Continue reading

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Success Key: Seducing Lady Luck into Smiling at You

Lady Luck is a fickle mistress. Some days she loves you, and some days she treats you like she just caught you knocking boots with her best friend in the broom closet. Most days though, she just ignores you. This … Continue reading

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7 Ways to Beat, Avoid, or Make the Most of Procrastination!

I just discovered that today, September 6th, is “Fight Procrastination Day.” I’ve never heard of this day before. Frankly, it sounds like something somebody came up with while they were putting off doing real work. Whatever its origin, it seems … Continue reading

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Blog Posts of Awesomeness Past

You ever one of those days when you just feel blocked, where the words won’t flow? I do. Right now. At this moment, I have nothing awesome to say… Since I recently posted a lesson I learned about being awesome, … Continue reading

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