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Even Oprah Knows Her Limitations

April 25, 2011
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In case you missed it (and if the ratings are any indication, you have) ABC is cancelling two longtime daytime soaps “All My Children” and “One Life to Live”. This sent many viewers into a tizzy. In fact, the soap opera viewers decided to go to the Queen of Daytime, Oprah Winfrey, to see if [...]

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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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Media Monday (Delayed): CNN loves goats!

October 13, 2009

Since yesterday was a holiday, I missed out on a media monday post. Thankfully, the Daily Show more than makes up for it. Jon Stewart rightfully questions CNN’s inability to ask the probing questions and wonders why a 24-hour news channel never seems to have enough time. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – [...]

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Obama Uses Negative Thinking to Help Our Students

September 9, 2009

This is not a political post. I simply want to bring to light how President Obama used some negative thinking to talk to our children, well your children yesterday. He let them know that they’re not going to strike it rich without hard work. From CNN:  I know that sometimes, you get the sense from [...]

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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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Squeaky Wheels

March 5, 2009

I constantly hear people say that “the squeaky wheel gets the grease”. They complain and complain, often getting what they want. So they use this as justification to complain all the time. Occasionally, the squeaky wheel gets replaced. It’s a ratio of talent to tolerance. Are you talented enough to be tolerated? If you’re not [...]

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Failure Friday: Jerry Seinfeld

February 13, 2009

Getting fired is never a good feeling. That doesn’t mean it can’t be useful. Look at Jerry Seinfeld. He used getting fired from one sitcom to learn how he wanted to create and control his own. From CNN: Remember the ABC sitcom “Benson”? Seinfeld undoubtedly does. Early in his career he had a small recurring [...]

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Media Monday: CNN’s iReporters are iDiots

February 9, 2009

Sometimes the internet can be a power for good in the world. Other times, I’m sure it will be the end of it.  CNN has the iReport, which allows anyone with a camera, to upload to their site. Great for major events happening, you can get different angles and reports. Not so good when the [...]

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Giving Up: Weakness or Strength?

January 28, 2009

Saw this and thought: “Yeah, that’s negative thinking working for you!” Tweet

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Enough with the Resolutions!

January 5, 2009

Here’s the main problem with coming up with a laundry list of New Year’s: We aim so high and make so many, we can’t possibly succeed. So apply a little negative thinking. We need to recognize that we can’t do all our goals all at once. We need to lower our expectations a bit this [...]

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