I was watching a video by Youngme Moon whose book “Different” I highly recommend. She created an anti-creativity checklist. #2 on her list of things to do in order to NOT be creative was to “know your limitations.” Huh? I don’t know why there’s such a kneejerk reaction to the phrase “know your limitations”. I [...]
READ THE FULL POST3 Ways the Media Reports BS as Fact
July 29th, 2010 with View CommentsI don’t watch the news much. Why? Because most of it is crap. Half the time they don’t know what they’re talking about. And since news is more and more about market share, reporting has turned into info-tainment. Hence, a guy like Glenn Beck can get higher ratings than news programs and people think Jon [...]
READ THE FULL POST3 Dumb Yet Highly Successful Get Rich Quick Schemes
July 3rd, 2010 with View CommentsReaders of this blog know just how much I “love” get-rich-quick schemes. I’ve even go so far to show why people fall for them. But what I don’t get is just how dumb some of them are. But even worse, they are so darn successful. It’s like are falling all over themselves to get ripped [...]
READ THE FULL POSTGive me $25,000 and I’ll Tell You How to Overcome All Your Problems
June 29th, 2010 with View CommentsFinally, you can learn the secret to overcoming ALL THE PROBLMS in your life. That’s right. You heard me correctly. All the problems in your life will go away when you learn this powerful secret—a secret so powerful it has been hidden in a cave in the Himalayas for the last 3,000 years. Accidently Discovered [...]
READ THE FULL POST3 Douchebag Ways to Win an Argument
June 23rd, 2010 with View CommentsThere are a lot of great ways to win an argument. Some people say you shouldn’t argue. That’s bull. Arguing is what drives the marketplace of ideas. It fueled the rise of civilization. Arguing is great. The problem is that most people are just too damned lazy to argue. They rely on slimy techniques [...]
READ THE FULL POST10 Ways You Could be Compared to Hitler!
June 4th, 2010 with View CommentsTurn on the news on any given day and you find out that yet again someone else is Hitler. Of course, I think Hitler comparisons are hilarious—a serious joke and the biggest jokers are those who make them. I think they know what practical jokers they really are. Or do they? I happened to come across [...]
READ THE FULL POSTWhy You Should Listen to “Negative Thinkers”
April 13th, 2010 with View CommentsI’ve already written why you should ignore everybody. But there are people you SHOULD listen to. Who is it? Well, I can tell you one rule that you should follow religiously and that is: Never trust someone who is selling you something! And yes, that goes for self-help gurus, diet supplement suppliers, or whatever. If [...]
READ THE FULL POSTQuitting is for Winners!
April 8th, 2010 with View CommentsNo one likes a quitter. Quitters are losers, right? In fact, one of the worst things you can be called is a quitter. In fact, when I did a little search for the word “quit” in the thesaurus, here are some of the terms that popped up: Drop out Give up Forsake Surrender Yield None of those words seem [...]
READ THE FULL POSTKeeping it Real: How to Get a Life
April 7th, 2010 with View CommentsYou know the old adage “you can do anything if you put your mind to it”? It’s rubbish. Sure many things can be accomplished through fierce determination. But although it’s nice to believe that anyone can do anything they want, it just doesn’t happen. And the sad thing is that a lot of people attempt the [...]
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