Random Musings While Driving at 4AM

I was on the road for a television appearance at 4AM this morning. It’s amazing the things that pop into your head while driving at that time. Here are a few of my thoughts, all based on what I was listening to: It doesn’t matter that I own every Rush album and can listen to [...]

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5 Great Motivational Lines From Hollywood Sports Movies

It’s time for a little motivation! What motivates the Motivational Smart Ass? Over the top Hollywood movies of course! Specifically, sports movies… Is there anything more predictable than a Hollywood sports movie? The down and out team. The redemption seeking coach. The community that wants the coach and team to fail. The bad team (usually [...]

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Peter Pan Gets Married, and I’m Still Single?!?!

I just learned that Randy Constan, the guy who rose to internet fame because he put up a website all about how much he enjoys dressing up as Peter Pan, got married! There is photographic and web evidence here. Evidently his new bride also enjoys dressing as a pixie. Dude spends his life dressed as [...]

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The Saddest, Most Tragic, Stupidest Thing I Have Seen in a While

Ok, this one’s not funny, but this story has been hanging with me since I first heard it… From the Associated Press: PHILADELPHIA — A man who was attending a bachelor party at a bar next to the Philadelphia Phillies’ ballpark has been beaten to death during a melee outside. You can read the full [...]

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Hilarious Video on “Vendor Client Relationships”

This video was passed along to me by Gina Shreck. It is a hilarious look at what the world would be like if people negotiated with everyone they negotiate with professional speakers (it was created by the people at Scofield Editorial): Hilarious! Are there lessons here? Sure: Lesson #1 – For Purchasers of Services Realize [...]

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Fast or Slow, Dumb or Smart

When Ding Happens, do you respond fast and smart, slow and dumb, or somewhere in between…? I had just finished writing a blog post and ran my spell checker. It promptly found a misspelled word, “rhe.” Quick, if you had just one guess as to what I mean to type when I typed “rhe,” what [...]

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For Your Enjoyment: The “Best Of…”

This blog has been going a little while, so some of you new folks may not have explored the old posts. So here I have selected to “top” posts from my blog for your enjoyment. They were selected based on reader feedback and my own thoughts. If you want to introduce someone to this blog [...]

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A Dumbass By Any Other Name

My Aussie friend (and awesome productivity speaker) Neen James posted the following tweet on twitter: “Aussie slang: drongo – a stupid, inept, awkward or embarrassing person, a dimwit or slow-witted person” I love it! Can you say, “dumb ass?” I may have to work the word “drongo” into future posts. If you know of other [...]

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A Brief Word on Dying

My friend Courtney recently posted this as a Facebook update: “In martial arts training, there is much talk about dying. Being willing to die everyday means willing to let go of our PROTECTION, assumptions, our visions and disintegrate into NOW. This frees us up to POWERFULLY LIVE…..” Very true statement, and it reminded me of [...]

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You Get What You Pay For…

I have a friend who took his young daughter to day camp for the first time this week. His description of walking in to the camp for the first time demands to be blogged about… He calls me on the phone and says, “I walked in, and it felt like I had walked into an [...]

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