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Self-esteem: Teens feel great about themselves — but are they headed for a fall? – chicagotribune.com

July 6, 2010

Self-esteem: Teens feel great about themselves — but are they headed for a fall? – chicagotribune.com. This interesting article covers two topics I speak on in one tidy post. The fact that constructive, necessary Negative Thinking isn’t being taught to the younger generations.  This excerpt about how the reality of what “truths” we tell our [...]

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A Tale of Two Generations: Betty White on SNL

May 10, 2010

If you hadn’t heard by now, 88 and a half year old Betty White rocked Saturday Night Live last, well, last Saturday. Her appearance was a perfect example of how different generations can work together. Watch entire show below   Her appearance stemmed from a viral online campaign on Facebook to get her on the [...]

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The Reality of “Keeping it Real”

September 14, 2009

Seems there are a lot of people out there willing to talk without “the filter”. And by “the filter” I’m referring to that mechanism in our heads that stops us from saying whatever the hell we want (oops, my filter is a bit buggy too!). Let’s look at the past week, shall we? Loudmouth #1: [...]

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Social Media Monday: OMG! U R Fired. KTHNX

August 24, 2009

Twitter much? Are you on the Facebook? LinkedIn and loving it? Make sure you think about what you post BEFORE you post it. So many people use social networking to tell way more about themselves than necessary, they forget that more than just their friends may be watching. From CNN: As social media becomes the [...]

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Cultural Change Comes From the Young to the Old

July 31, 2009

Here’s an article that shows how cultural shifts do not trickle down from old to young but from the youth to the older generations. If those pesky kids with their new fangled twitter machines and iphones annoy you, beware…you just might want one too. From CNN: Teenagers exchange text messages while driving because, well, they’re [...]

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Know Who You Are

July 29, 2009

Bret Favre and I both had the same kind of decision to make yesterday: To stay retired or take the field at less than 100%. No, the Minnesota Vikings didn’t call me yesterday. But a speaker’s bureau did. This bureau was looking for a local comedian in Texas to do an IT client’s event and [...]

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Have “Texting Thumb”?

May 26, 2009

Do you have a new fangled Kindle? Wish you could read this blog on it? Wish no more! Kindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you’re not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provide headlines, blogs on Kindle give you full text content and [...]

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Sharing What You Know

April 20, 2009

Since I’ve been giving Generational Training programs I have learned one valuable lesson that many of my clients haven’t accepted yet. The older generations need to adapt more than the younger generations do. I offer both types of training. One is Generation X and Y: The Xs and Os of Recruiting, Managing and Retaining the [...]

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Baby Boomer Bottleneck

March 25, 2009

I ran into this transcript of a radio editorial by Dan Drezner about boomers and retirement on PublicRadio.org. He whines about Baby Boomers, then in the comment section, Boomers whine about Xers, who then whine about Baby Boomers. Ah… the internet. The reason I even bother to bring it to your attention is that his [...]

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Narcissists or Necessary?

March 23, 2009

Several articles lately are backing my claim that kids are becoming spoiled, evil, narcissistic brats. Even CNN’s Jack Cafferty has included a section in his new book, Now or Never: Some parents still have this attitude that their kids are too special to be burdened by discipline. And the rest of us are supposed to [...]

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