motivational

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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The Blame Game Article is available

July 21, 2010

Feel free to read the latest article added to the archives: The Blame Game Tweet

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Domino’s Embraces Negative Thinking!

January 4, 2010
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I’ve never been a big fan of Dominos pizza. Of all the pizza chains, I’ve thought of their pizza as the worst. I am not alone in this opinion. People complained. More importantly, it seems, people stopped buying Dominos pizza. Domino’s could have continued to make crappy pizza and just hire a PR company to [...]

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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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Fallback Friday – Stephen Colbert’s Fallback Position – Tennis

October 16, 2009

Normally, I tell everyone a fallback position is a good thing to have while you’re shooting for a difficult goal. But in this case, try not having a fallback position that is more difficult than your main objective. If you’re going to be disappointed, it doesn’t help to be left with a situation even more [...]

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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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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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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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Suffer Today to Survive Tomorrow?

August 6, 2009

People always try to avoid negative experiences. One of the great uses of negative thinking is to use it to see potential problems so you can bypass them altogether. But often, you need to have those negative experiences to make you better prepared for potential worse experiences in the future. Take the Swine Flu. Seems [...]

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