Category: Success

Be a Skeptical Optimist

I honestly believe that one of the most important things you can do for success – is to wake up each morning as a skeptical optimist.

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Our headlines today are Ebola pandemics, ISIS throwing homosexuals off rooftops, flesh-eating bacteria, Boko Haram kidnapping schoolgirls to be sex slaves, and possible nuclear annihilation. So forgive me for feeling a little romantic for the days when the headlines were about robberies and ballplayers cheating on their spouses.
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Beware the Snarkologist

There’s a new occupation in the world, and it’s not a good one. I’m not even sure what to label this “profession,” but the closest I come up with is professional snarkologist. These are the talking heads on radio and TV, magazine writers and bloggers, whose job consists of finding pop culture phenomenon and tearing them down with snarky comments and droll insults.

The Power in the Harmony

About once a month I get a brilliant idea that I want to announce to my team leaders and put into practice for my organization. I’m a smart guy with good marketing instincts, so my ideas are usually pretty good. But they’re never as good as the ones that come when I bounce them off the group.

How to Save the World

The meek may inherit the earth, but not if they’re only paying the minimum balance on their credit cards each month.

Pander or Deliver?

You can use phony audience participation tactics and cheesy NLP techniques to manipulate the attendees. Or you could grab them by the throat by opening with the powerful and relevant content they came for in the first place