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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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Glad to be Sad?

November 4, 2009

No one likes to be sad. But being sad like many perceived negative thoughts and emotions can be beneficial in many ways! From Metro It turns out that glum people such as Jack Dee actually hold the key to success in life, because scientists say that bad moods improve memory, make you less gullible and [...]

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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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The Reality of “Keeping it Real”

September 14, 2009
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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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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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Jeff Goldblum Will Be Missed

July 1, 2009

With all the celebrities dropping like flies, rumors of other celebrities kicking the bucket are running rampant. CNN even had an article on it today: After a string of real celebrity deaths last week, the Internet and online social networks killed a few more stars. Despite what you may have read, Jeff Goldblum, Natalie Portman, George [...]

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The Shunning of Someone Right

June 10, 2009

I’ve blogged about this in the past here, but I saw this last night and it is a reminder that it often takes courage to stand up and tell people something they don’t want to hear, but need to hear. Peter Schiff has been trying to fix the economy for years, only to get the [...]

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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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Don’t Disregard the Message Just Because You Don’t Like the Messenger

May 8, 2009

Often, we dismiss people out of hand because we don’t like their personality, their history or for numerous other reasons. “Never mind him, he always complains.” “Oh, he’s just negative, don’t listen to him.” Often, complainers have a tendency to have less than palatable personalities. They’re grumpy, whiny, grating types. What we forget is that [...]

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