I read a book a while back called, “Shop Class as Soulcraft” by Matthew Crawford. In that book, Crawford set about redefining the concept of “work.” But the main thing I got out of the book was that our society sees “manual work” as somehow less-than “intellectual work”. But Crawford argued that most “intellectual work” is [...]
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April 27th, 2010 with 1 CommentI know all of you out there dream of writing a bestselling business book. But there’s always ONE thing holding you back—business experience. But fear not because I have discovered the secret to writing a bestselling business book. Soon, you’ll be on all the talk shows. The media will be begging for your advice. You’ll [...]
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April 24th, 2010 with No Comments"Consumption has become the identity cloak of our generation"- Youngme Moon # RT @tonymichalski: Liz Lynch Interviews Anthony Michalski @liz_lynch on #BlogTalkRadio – http://tobtr.com/s/976284 # Wondering if Taco Bell will sponsor my tweets… # RT @Rippleon: Think of ur relationships as Play-Doh. Playing, shaping & molding to make smthing out of them is the fun [...]
READ THE FULL POSTWe Learn More from Success Than Failure
April 23rd, 2010 with 2 CommentsI read an interesting article a while back. Scientists have shown that you learn more from your successes than from your mistakes. I found this interesting on many levels. First of all, I think it’s interesting that I hear people giving advice saying, in essence, make enough mistakes and you’ll get it sooner or later. [...]
READ THE FULL POSTWhy I Love Hate Mail…And Why You Should Too!
April 21st, 2010 with 7 CommentsYou know you’ve arrived when you start getting the hate mail. That’s not a joke. I knew this blog was going in the right direction when I started getting (mostly anonymous) hate mail. And of course, I get the comments from “fans” of any guru (or guru’s book) I happen not to like. In those [...]
READ THE FULL POSTBe(a)ware of Homeopathy
April 20th, 2010 with 2 CommentsLast week was World Homeopathy Awareness Week. And I sure am glad it was because there are so many kooky things running around disguised as legitimate that I can’t keep up! Starting now, Don’t Step in the Poop will look more into “alternative medicine” and “natural cures.” I’ve already shown you how sociopaths exploit people’s legitamate [...]
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April 17th, 2010 with No CommentsRT @Rippleon: Ripple Thought Of The Day: Keep in mind the people u meet in life need to meet u just as bad as u need to meet them. # RT @DerrenBrown: Blog post: James Randi Speaks Homeopathy Week 2010 http://cli.gs/JH8Lz # Is this a typical Tony Robbins fan? http://bit.ly/95cxkp # RT @Rippleon: #Ripple Action [...]
READ THE FULL POSTHow to Get Rich Selling Natural Cures
April 16th, 2010 with 6 CommentsDear Sociopath friend, You’re going to be rich! Those words shock you? How many people have told you that? Well, I’m just going to say it again, so you’ll snap out of it: You’re going to be rich. And I’m gonna tell you how. Because it’s so darn simple you’ll think, “why didn’t I think [...]
READ THE FULL POSTThe Lost Virtue of Sacrifice
April 15th, 2010 with 3 CommentsI am about to say something that I have not read in any self-help blog/book . And it’s this: Sometimes, you have to sacrifice what you want. Sacrifice your short-term desires for long-term goals. I read tons of personal development blogs that basically tell people not to worry about the consequences of their actions. Go [...]
READ THE FULL POST5 Worst Business Buzzwords
April 14th, 2010 with 7 CommentsI’ve written before about overused business clichés. But what about all those business buzzwords? Well, I hate most of them too. There are two things I hate most: Using words that are utterly meaningless (non-words). inventing new words to replace perfectly good ones I could give you a LONG list of words that meet that [...]
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