The High Price of Free
Does your organization offer a lot of giveaways? While people love free stuff, do they equally love your company? When I ran the business operations for a professional ballet company, [...]
Mar, 28
2011
Mar, 23
2011
Never Let Them See You Clean
Ideas for my keynote presentations come from a variety of sources. Recently at my gym (LA Fitness), while hopefully making my waist smaller and my biceps bigger, I recognized a [...]
Mar, 16
2011
Can the Weatherman Teach You About Goals
For a few years, I anchored the weather segment on the local news. It was interesting learning about things like cold fronts, high pressure, and the jetstream. While gathering the [...]
Mar, 9
2011
Do You Dream of Meetings
Most professionals dream of better hair, a slimmer waist, and shorter meetings. At best you'll probably only be able to achieve one of these goals this year. As I'm not [...]
Mar, 7
2011
Stop Selling Encyclopedias
Remember when encyclopedias used to be sold door to door? Maybe you don't because the big sets of books have long been replaced by the Internet as a source of [...]
Mar, 3
2011
Can Good Come From a Bad Grade
Sometimes I'm asked if I'm good at math. I reply that the last math problem I worried about was whether a 69.8% would round up to a "C." It did [...]
Feb, 28
2011
What Oscar Speeches Can Teach You About Speaking
Before you speak at your next meeting, you may want to think about the acceptance speeches you hear at the Academy Awards. If you watched the telecast, how much of [...]
Feb, 24
2011
What The Black Swan Knows…
The movie Black Swan takes you into the world of professional ballet. As someone who was fortunate to be a part of a ballet company (no dancing though), I thought [...]
Feb, 21
2011
Need Extra Time: Watch Your Wait
A common complaint I hear from people is that they don't have enough time. I may have found some for you. Go to almost any waiting room. I've been in [...]
Feb, 14
2011
Success, Failure & Computers
Sometimes there is very little that separates success and failure. Often it's just one thing. When it comes to computers, they can give us daily lessons in dealing with our [...]