June 2008

Media Monday: Shut your pie..er, Black hole

June 30, 2008

Seems the media loves a good catastrophe-in-waiting. Instead of the usual Armageddon stories of asteroids, super volcanoes and pandemics, they’ve gone a bit more sci-fi. From CNN: The most powerful atom-smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries, such as invisible matter or extra dimensions in space, after it is switched on in August. But [...]

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It’s now official: Duke legally sucks

June 25, 2008

Everyone likes to think of themselves in good terms. We try to put our best face forward, tell the world our strengths while trying to hide our weaknesses. But sometimes, you need to put ego aside, just suck it up and admit your not great at something. Or in this case, you’re the worst. It [...]

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George Carlin 1937-2008

June 23, 2008
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Pending Lawsuit Alert…I’m Talking to You Kellogg’s

June 19, 2008

Saw this at Network World and had to speak up. For anyone who thinks negative thinking is not necessary, I give you Kellogg’s LEGO Fruit Flavored Snacks. Whoever came up with this legal booby-trap should be fired for being too positive. I can see them pitching the idea: Positive Pitchman: Kids love LEGOs right? Kids [...]

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Responding to Search Terms: Negative words and Language

June 18, 2008

Time to look at the friendly search terms that bring people here and see if I can help some people who might not know why they landed on my blog. dog motivation – I don’t actually talk about this, but I will offer this tip I learned from the PetSmart trainers that worked with our [...]

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Money talks…

June 17, 2008

Sometime yesterday morning the blog hit 20,000 views. Thanks for your continued readership. I’ve been lax in my postings, but I’ll try my best to keep a daily commentary if I can. But on to today’s topic: One of the things I’ve learned researching Generation Y and how they’ve come to be who they are [...]

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Just How Stupid are We?

June 16, 2008

I was going to post this last week, but ran out of time. I watched this author Rick Shenkman on the Daily Show last week  and his topic and title intrigued me. “Just How Stupid are We?” brings some negative thinking to light. It’s about accountability as a society and how we, as americans, have [...]

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Monster Parents are on the Loose in Japan!

June 13, 2008

After reading this lovely rebuke from a reader (I still feel I am correct…but hey, feedback is feedback) about parents suing teachers, I found a wonderful article that shows Helicopter Parents exist outside of North America as well. From the Times Online: The stage was set, the lights went down and in a suburban Japanese [...]

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Goals and Expectations are Two Different Things

June 12, 2008

Lisa Takeuchi Cullen posted on her blog at TIME about a new study that shows higher expectations leads to a less satisfied career. The study is from Dr. Olivia O’Neill, assistant professor of management the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business, to be presented at the Academy of Management conference in August (she collaborated [...]

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I Heard it Through the Grapevine

June 11, 2008

I’ve talked about rumors before, which was a basic way of saying you don’t need to believe everything you hear. But rumors are going to happen. How you choose to utilize rumors is the key to success. When rumors are personal and petty, they are poisonous. Steer clear of those kinds of rumors and certainly [...]

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