God knows there’s enough pessimism in the news to make you want to slit your wrists.  And I’ve noticed that many people seem to have fallen into the dark pit of doom and gloom.  I’ve even caught myself peering over the edge of the pit on occasion; so if you think you could be headed down the...

Hello Everyone, I just thought I'd take a quick minute to share some resources you might find enlightening.  Feel freeto share with your colleagues. RSS Feeds & Google Reader - If you're still baffled about the value of using RSS feeds to manage the never ending flow of information on the web, ...

Much to my surprise, in response to my last post "Practice The Platinum Rule", I received a delightful note from Tony Alessandra.   He invited all of us to download the Platinum Rule (60 minute version MP3) with his compliments! What a treat!  I'm listening to it right now!  You can find it here...

As we approach the close of another year, many of us make time to take stock of our accomplishments and set goals for the new year.  In case you haven’t checked lately, there is an excellent tool for helping you set your goals right on my website.  It’s a simple, yet thorough system to help yo...

Hello Everyone, I just thought I'd take a quick minute to share some resources you might find enlightening.  Feel freeto share with your colleagues. Zen and art of dealing with insults - Tammy Lenski is one of my all time favorite mediators who blogs.  If you could use an excellent strategy for de...

A few days ago, I received a recall notice for the 2005 Nissan I purchased last fall.  According to the letter, a bug in the computer could cause the engine to fail while traveling down the highway.  If your engine has ever unexpectedly stalled while you were driving, you already know that...

Hello Everyone, I just thought I'd take a quick minute to share some resources you might find enlightening.  Feel freeto share with your colleagues. Know Yourself - Change Yourself - Tim Brownson is one of my favorite personal development bloggers.  For a limited time, he's offering a comp...

Let’s start off this article with a little story about a wise taxi cab driver… Sixteen years ago, I learned an important life lesson in the back of a New York City taxi cab. I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station.  We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudd...

You know those little computer glitches that keep driving you nuts, but you never get them completely solved?  Well now is the time to tackle them, and you can do it for free! My friend Phil Gerbyshak, from the Make It Great blog, is working with a new tech support company called Minutefix.&nbs...

Think Like A Free Agent is the very first lesson in my free ecourse, "How To Become The MVP In Your Profession".  It was based on the concepts Dan Pink taught in his book, "Free Agent Nation". Free agent thinking is about thinking of yourself as a business, even if you work ...