Sharing What You Know
Since I’ve been giving Generational Training programs I have learned one valuable lesson that many of my clients haven’t accepted yet. The older generations need to adapt more than the younger...
View ArticleOver-optimistism Leads to Problems, Denial
If fatalistic thinking is the dangerous extreme of negativity, greed is the dangerous extreme of optimism. I’ve said over and over, we wished and hoped our way into this financial mess and many are...
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Media Monday: They’ll be no swine, before it’s time.
The media is all lathered up like a rabid dog over the latest possible pandemic, Swine Flu. While being aware of a potential problem is a worth an alert, the media has to show us how horrible it could...
View ArticleNASA – Never Assume, Stay Alert
For all the negative things government is known for, it’s good to see one of the “cooler” agencies, NASA, is using negative thinking the right way. They’re taking my motto “Be Positive, Think Negative”...
View ArticleMaking Bombs to Save Lives
Whenever I do my negativity keynote or my safety program I always talk about how safety personnel are using negative thinking to find ways to kill you… so you won’t die. This article from CNN is a...
View ArticleKnow Who You Are
Bret Favre and I both had the same kind of decision to make yesterday: To stay retired or take the field at less than 100%. No, the Minnesota Vikings didn’t call me yesterday. But a speaker’s bureau...
View ArticleCultural Change Comes From the Young to the Old
Here’s an article that shows how cultural shifts do not trickle down from old to young but from the youth to the older generations. If those pesky kids with their new fangled twitter machines and...
View ArticleGlad to be Sad?
No one likes to be sad. But being sad like many perceived negative thoughts and emotions can be beneficial in many ways! From Metro It turns out that glum people such as Jack Dee actually hold the key...
View ArticleDomino’s Embraces Negative Thinking!
I’ve never been a big fan of Dominos pizza. Of all the pizza chains, I’ve thought of their pizza as the worst. I am not alone in this opinion. People complained. More importantly, it seems, people...
View ArticleRepost: iPad, no uPad
In honor of the iPad coming out, here is a post that is still relevant today. It’s about early adopting for the iPhone and why I don’t jump the cutting edge bandwagon so quickly as others do. Besides,...
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