People believe all sorts of stuff. I talked to some guy on Facebook who believes that Obama is an alien. Got this other guy who told me that no one really died on 9/11, but it was one big hoax. The problem with these guys is that you can’t really argue with them. And [...]
READ THE FULL POSTIf Apple Got into the Self-help Game
September 27th, 2010 with 4 CommentsPonder if you will..Apple expands its focus from technology to self-help. How would that change the world as you know it? Well… First of all, Steve Jobs would announce that self-help will now be referred to as iHelp and Apple’s new technology will make you into a better you–and you’d better believe that they’ve patented [...]
READ THE FULL POSTSagely Career Advice for Kids
September 24th, 2010 with 3 CommentsSome people say this blog is like the father they never had. OK. ”Some people” is me. But that’s not the point. My point is that a lot of people have this question, “What do I want to be when I grow up?” Now, most people who ask this are kids. But hey we adults [...]
READ THE FULL POSTHilariously Profound Newspaper Clips
September 22nd, 2010 with 7 CommentsRevealing newspaper clips that could redefine self-help forever! Let’s take the “self” out of self-help..we’ll call it…HEEEEEEELP! via failblog via criggo Finally…someone spills the beans on the effects of dieting that they don’t want you to know! via criggo Meet America’s next big self-help guru with a message for the ages: via criggo At last, the truth [...]
READ THE FULL POSTHow to Blow Someone Off Like Steve Jobs
September 20th, 2010 with 12 CommentsWhen most people associate Seve Jobs with self-help, they usually think of the commencement speech her gave at Sanford. You remember the one, “stay hungry; stay foolish.” But Steve has an even more important lesson to teach you: how to blow someone off. What? Blow someone off? Why would I need to know how to [...]
READ THE FULL POSTHow Playing Craps Will Make You a Better Person
September 19th, 2010 with 5 CommentsI want to be a better person. Really, I do. Don’t we all? But my problem, and probably everyone else’s problem is that there are just too many damn ways to be better. I could do things to be kinder. I could do things to help the environment. I could do things to get healthier. [...]
READ THE FULL POSTTwitter Weekly Roundup for 2010-09-18
September 18th, 2010 with No CommentsI'd love o go…RT @Slate: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to hold competing rallies in DC http://slate.me/bQbNKV # RT @Slate: Steve Jobs detained in Japanese airport for attempting to bring aboard ninja stars on his private jet http://slate.me/csogEa # RT @Rippleon: : Go out and make a connection with someone you admire today by letting [...]
READ THE FULL POSTBrain Training Games Don’t Work
September 16th, 2010 with 9 CommentsMan, will those damn scientists stop ruining everything! Why is it when I find something I like and pay a lot of money for, they coming running behind me and tell me I’m wasting my time and money? Geez…can’t they just leave us alone to believe what we want to believe and spend our money [...]
READ THE FULL POSTWhy I Blog
September 14th, 2010 with 9 CommentsI read a great post by Michel Fortin last week. As loyal readers of this blog, you’ll know that I posted about Michel before when there was some controversy in the internet marketing world about naming names of the “bad gurus” who were ripping people off. But recently Michel wrote an excellent post about “a [...]
READ THE FULL POSTIt Stinks Being so Damn Positive All the Time
September 13th, 2010 with 5 CommentsReaders of this blog know how cheerful and upbeat I am. What was that you said? Angry? Me? Nah. You’ve got me mistaken for someone else. Or you’re not reading the right posts. You see, I’m a positive guy. Think positive. Act positive. Heck, I breathe positive. I’m that guy who always sees the good [...]
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