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I've done my best to herd things into fairly well behaved groups covering the general topics I tend to write about. You'll find that some of the concepts come from my books, others from general life experience, and probably more than a few from the third ring of Saturn.

Have a question that you think would be good candidate for an article? Drop me a line and let me know. If I use it I'll give you a shout out in the footer of the article, so be sure to include your real name (or tell me you'd prefer I didn't mention you) so I can give credit where credit is due.

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Better Living

A Handshake

Build a better life through trust and honesty
Better Living

Anything Worth Doing

Anything worth doing is worth doing to extremes. Remember, excellence, by definition, is an extreme.
Better Living

Honor

These days, it's trendy to be cynical and negative about our society. However, embracing the concept of honor, upon which our nation is founded, is more relevant than ever.
Better Living

Nice Guys Finish First

Kindness coupled with strength brings good things into your life, and feels good. Without strength, nice guys finish last.
Better Living

Nuclear Tacos

Enrich your own experience by showing courtesy to all, regardless of station. The taco guy may be studying nuclear physics.
Better Living

The Good, the Bad and the PC

Political Correctness has little to do with becoming a better person, unless of course you're running for office.
Better Living

The Joy Of Teaching

Everyone has something to teach. Be a mentor whenever possible. You gain more than you give.
Better Living

The Perfect You

Learn the art of dreaming in order to build a better tomorrow
Better Living

The Value Of Courtesy

Considerate behavior may not be the current popular trend, but when you make courtesy a priority, it improves the quality of everyone's lives. Including your own.
Better Living

What Did You Expect?

Optimistic and pessimistic people both get what they expect. Shocking, isn't it?
Better Living

What's In It For Me?

The key to making friends, building alliances and enlisting the support of others is simply seeing things from their perspective.
Better Living

Who's Driving This Thing?

Acquire self discipline and control your life before it controls you.
Career Tips

American Ingenuity

Tell people that they're brilliant and give them room to prove it for long enough, and they'll show you brilliance every time. We're not smarter than any other race of people. We're just encouraged to go for it. That makes all the difference in the world.
Career Tips

Bunny Slippers

If your people don't learn to lighten up and have a good time, all their hard work and extra effort will run your company straight into the ground.
Career Tips

Corvettes in the Corporate World

No matter what you do for a living, change will always be a constant in your universe. The best way to manage these little adventures is to develop an attitude of mobility.
Career Tips

Dog Eat Dog

Like it or not, the business world is a highly competitive environment. Those who fail to realize this are easy to spot. They're the ones with teeth marks on their ankles.
Career Tips

Down With the Status Quo!

In order to reach for excellence and put a better plan into action, you must first understand why people cling so tightly to the way things have always been done.
Career Tips

Get Dinner or Be Dinner

What does your work group have in common with the zebras of the African plains? Aside from the fact that you both may sport racing stripes as your normal attire, there's much to be learned when it comes to protecting your company and your job.
Career Tips

Making a Difference

As you demonstrate to people on a daily basis that you really care about improving their situation, even if you don't always have the immediate solutions, you'll be amazed at the response.
Career Tips

Raised by Wolves

In the typical company, people often spend more time engaged in the political struggles of their workgroup than they do getting anything productive done. The predators of other departments are quick to scan your herd for the weak and the slow, and you can probably guess the rest.
Career Tips

The Elite

When the people at every level of your organization start believing that they're the Elite, they'll start acting that way, too.
Career Tips

Tomorrow Comes Quickly

Instead of a quick & dirty approach, take the time to employ long term thinking so that the paycheck you love so much will still be around tomorrow.
Career Tips

Vulcans Need Not Apply

Whenever you have a plan or proposal that requires interaction with others, it invariably has its first encounter with the emotions of the other parties. That's because by default, people tend to consider their own hopes and fears first, and that's an emotional experience.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 01: From Marketing To Sales

If you're promoting something, you're in the attention business.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 02: Knowledge Is Power

Know yourself, know your customers and know your enemy.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 03: Who Are You?

By understanding who you are and what you have to offer, you're in a better position to get others excited about it.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 04: Avoid the Herd

Hit em where they're not.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 05: Getting To Know Your Customers

Before you can reach the perfect customers, you have to know who they are.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 06: Digging For Dollars

When defining your target audience, the more detailed, the better.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 07: Know Your Enemy

Those who don't understand the competition make very effective targets.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 08: Parry. Thrust!

When you know the vulnerabilities of your competitors, the opportunities become crystal clear.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 09: Covering Your Posterior

Never forget that your competitors are also busy looking for your vulnerabilities.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 10: Nothing Is Free

People believe that social media and Internet based strategies have no cost, but there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 11: Hunting Werewolves

You don't want a silver bullet. You want a clip full of lead ones.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 12: Choose Your Weapon

You have a host of options available. Sidle on up to the buffet and choose the ones that best fit your available time and money.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 13: Creative Magic

Effective marketing is all about creativity. You have much more than you think.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 14: Fun With Marketing Materials

Everyone needs a little support sometimes, even your marketing campaigns.
Fun and Profit

Marketing Mischief 15: Advertising Options

When it's time to spend money on advertising, it's a buyer's market. Your best choices will come from understanding the strengths and weaknesses of your options.