John Medina's excellent book Brain Rules has received quite a bit of attention already (see my original post based on the videos and online information I explored first on John's website, as well as Donald Clark's recent review), but I've only just got round to reading it properly and I want to take...

Here is a little story about a driver who would score very high on the Asshole Rating Self-Exam (ARSE): An Officer stops a driver for running a red light. The guy is a real jerk and comes running back to the officer demanding to know why he is being harassed by the Gestapo! So the officer calmly tel...

David Spark is a veteran tech journalist and founder of Spark Media Solutions, a firm that helps companies build their industry voice through storytelling and social media. His technology report, The Spark Minute, can be heard every day on Green 960 and 910 KNEW in San Francisco. When I was working ...

Even while pocketing billions in bailouts, the captains of industry who wrecked the world economy sneer at government. Just imagine, they say, if their businesses were run like the post office. “You mean the place that takes a note in my hand in L.A. on Monday and gives it to my sister in New ...

I think he's choosing poorly. But that's just me.(click to embiggen. If you dare.)Helena Christensen, Miss Denmark at age 18 (in 1986). Prominent model in the '90's, a music video role in Chris Issak's "Wicked Game", one of MTV's "Sexiest Videos of All-Time". (Screw linking Wiki; but that's not just...

Here are a few things that I recommend for folks who use PC’s … think of them as “David’s Rules for PC Owners” … Backup the hard drive on your computer.  Hard drives are mechanical devices.  They break.   If you don’t want to loose all those photos, vide...

Don't Miss 10 Delicious Desserts with Least Calories … 10 Ways to Become Runway Ready under 7 Days … 5 Effective Strategies to Get Rid of Cellulite… Pages: 1 2 With thousands of diets, all with different rules, and conflicting advice on the best way to lose weight, it’s hard to k...

So, let's start this off right by saying that I am so fucking smart! Seriously guys. I went to the best higschool in the county, got straight A's, was in the honor society and everything! And my teachers even said I was the smartest kid in the whole graduating class. So then I went to college and go...

I originally wrote this on VentureFiles which is now part of the Technosailor Galaxy of Blogs but as Aaron Brazell, Editor and fearless leader of Technosailor.com said, this post is more relevant than ever when you are trying to keep your business running and growing (even in this economy). I origin...

I argued in The No Asshole Rule that, even in organizations that routinely breed, tolerate, and even celebrate assholes -- where run-of-the-mill assholes are barely noticed -- there can come a point where a person has become such a flaming asshole or the damage has become so evident, that the rule i...