I had a friend in high school who was proud of himself because every time someone told him that he should quit smoking, he told then that he wasn’t a quitter. We all grow up learning that quitting is a bad thing and that you should stick things through. If you think about it, that’s [...]
I just wrote an article on Temphunt’s Blog where I threw out a thought about where formal education is going. I mentioned that in the 1950’s, parents (and others) gave kids the advice to “go to school and get a degree so that you can get a good job”. In the 1970’s parents started adding [...]
What’s your first reaction when you stub your toe? Do you yell? Do you scream? Do you blame someone? Dan Ariely, a professor of psychology and behavioural economics at Duke University wrote a whole chapter on “long term effects of short term emotions in his latest book The Upside of Irrationality (affiliate link). The gist [...]
Do you every have a great idea that you’d love to implement? Do you ever get inspired to do something? Anything? Clean your desk, write a blog post, organize your files? And then, instead of just doing it, you add it to your “todo” list and watch it clutter up your list of things that [...]
Negotiations can seem really scary because most people going into a negotiation feel that they are the underdog. The other person has the product and they can hold back for as long as they like. The first step to successful negotiations is knowing that it’s not true! They Want it as Badly as You Do! [...]
You look at your watch and with great excitement you notice that it is 5:oo PM and time to leave the office to head home to relax for the night. You’ve got a whole bunch of new shows and movies waiting to be watched as you eat your dinner and down a few beers. You [...]
OK. My blog style and content is going to start to change from this point on. I started off talking about luck but now I am actually going to put it into practice. I believe that everything you do can be either good or bad luck. It’s just what you do with it that lets [...]
There was a time where I was out of a job for a while and really didn’t know what to do with myself. Looking back I cannot believe how lucky I got and how many little factors played a vital role in this major accomplishment. If any of the little pieces weren’t there, I would [...]
If you’ve ever walked down the halls of a college dorm or almost any college building, you will notice posters and posters hanging on every inch of the walls and sometimes even ceilings and floors. There are so many activities being planned, books for sale and lost and found announcements. Sometimes the walls are so [...]
Picture this. You are 20 pounds overweight on December 20th, New Years is right around the corner. This is the perfect time to make a new years resolution. You are more than determined to get to your goal weight and you decide to start the moment that the ball drops in Time Square. You plan [...]