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5 Great 80’s Motivational Songs

May 5, 2010 - 8 Comments
Categories: Lists, Motivation & Success

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It’s time again to get motivated, 80’s style! That’s right, it’s another list of great motivational 80’s songs! If you need a little “motivational pick me up,” find these songs in your old CD (or tape!) collection, buy them off of iTunes, or just keep watching the YouTube clips I’ve embedded below! They are sure […]

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Motivational Humor: Success Lessons from Each of the Superfriends

March 9, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Lists, Motivation & Success

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Pop quiz hotshot: who’s your favorite Superfriend? Don’t have an answer? Maybe you should, since there are lessons we can learn from each of them… Growing up, The Superfriends was one of my favorite Saturday morning cartoons. I was a comic book junkie, so I loved seeing the comics come to life. Looking back on […]

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6 Freakin’ Great Things About Being Single!

February 12, 2010 - 2 Comments
Categories: Just Funny, Lists

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Valentine’s Day is in two days, and this is the time when many single people start to feel bad about their single status. Yesterday, I posted , which in and of itself was a follow up to . Today, I offer the counter point! There is no reason to feel bad about is. In fact, […]

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Valentine’s Day Humor: 5 MORE Things That Suck About Being Single

February 11, 2010 - 5 Comments
Categories: Just Funny, Lists

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Valentine’s Day is approaching and that means that it’s society’s chance to make people feel really bad about being single. It’s bad enough that single people who don’t necessarily want to be single (like *cough* myself) are single, but now we get a whole day (and preceding month or so of advertising) to have our […]

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5 Conference Speakers That Can Kill a Conference

January 28, 2010 - 25 Comments
Categories: Business Advice, Lists, Talk Gooder

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Planning a conference? Be wary of using of these types of conference speakers! Planning to speak at an event? Make sure you’re not one of these presenters! In the audience at a big event? See how many of these you can spot! The Winger The Winger is usually an industry leader or expert who feels […]

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Lessons from TV’s Masters of Improvisation

January 19, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Ding!, Lists, Motivation & Success

Are you ready to "get Jacked!" ?

The ability to improvise is a wondrous thing. It can help you out with so many situations, big or small. To give you a few ideas on how you can improve the quality of your “life improvisations,” let’s take a look at some classic masters of improvisation from the fictional world of television… (Note: I […]

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5 Stupid Things You May Not Realize Are Killing Your Productivity

January 15, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Business Advice, Lists, Motivation & Success

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Who doesn’t want to be more productive? If you can get more done in less time, that allows you to…um…well…get more done. And that’s a good thing, because you either move towards your goals faster or have more time to spend on other things, like family, friends, and reading my blog. Rather than passing on […]

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7 Ways to Be a Lovable Smart Ass

October 12, 2009 - 4 Comments
Categories: Lists, Motivation & Success

Ah, Smart Assery. When done right, it can be a fun and positive thing. When done wrong, it can be painful, annoying, and downright mean. Many people have different definition of what exactly a “Smart Ass,” is, and some are more positive than others. For the sake of this post and this blog, let me […]

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How Come That Guy’s Successful and I’m Not?!

October 9, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Business Advice, Lists

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Have you ever seen someone who you know you are clearly superior to achieve more success than you? Do you ever ask yourself “how come that guy’s successful and I’m not?!” This can occur in many contexts. It could be about a professional service you provide, a product you make, a store you own, or […]

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7 Ways to Laugh (and Not Blow Your Top) When Confronted With Idiocy

October 7, 2009 - 1 Comment
Categories: Lists, Motivation & Success

Anger issues? Try these seven steps to keep it in check...

The key to unleashing your brilliance is to not allow other people’s idiocy to get in your way. If you get easily angered when people to stupid things, then you will constantly be setting yourself back. Here are 7 simple ways you can laugh instead of getting angry the next time you are confronted with […]

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