Maybe It’s All That Oil Money?
As reported in today's New York Times: "I say that inner beauty doesn't exist. That's something that unpretty women invented to justify themselves." --OSMEL SOUSA, the longtime head of the Miss Venezuela pageant on the popularity of plastic surgery in Venezuela. Apparently, education
Hypocrisy at Brown
New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was recently booed off the stage opening a scheduled speech at Brown University. He actually had to leave the building. That's the definition of free speech at Brown: You can talk if you agree
Warning Signs of Excessive Neediness
• Anything less than a standing ovation after you speak is a failure. • You require that people prove they're reading all of your posts on Facebook. • Religiously tracking your Klout score weekly. • Comparing your follower, friends, and links to others
Twit
A woman named Sprinkel asked me a question on Twitter that was impossible to answer in 140 characters, so I suggested she use email. Just responding to her question was a favor. Instead of thanking me, she informed me that if
Life Is Too Short
We took the granddaughters to Cru the other night, a new restaurant at the tip of the wharf, nestled in among the huge yachts. It's both kid-friendly and very "in," with a hopping bar, a huge common table, and a
Get A Life (But Not Mine)
My feeling about people arguing over half-empty and half-full glasses is that I'll take the glass while they're debating and fill it myself. Too many people are griping, complaining, and agonizing, getting up in the morning as if life is
There Are Stupid Questions
We seem to direct our lives with a variety of humble, good-intentioned, ideal, yet completely nonsensical apothems that tend to constrict our success and options. One of the worst of these is, "There is no such thing as a stupid
Can We Survive As Consultants?!
Here is the topic of the IMC conference coming up in Chicago: How Can We Survive (against the "Big 5")? I'm helping people globally build their practices as solo entrepreneurs through high self-esteem and powerful value, and the IMC in Chicago
Endorse Me Or I’ll Kill Myself
This crass marketing strategy on Linkedin to encourage "endorsements" is stupid enough, and people requesting, in effect, strangers to support their capabilities in coaching, consulting, psychotherapy, and neurosurgery is simply ludicrous. But even dumber are those who take offense when
The Spam Express
If you're excellent at choosing horses, why don't you just bet on them instead of selling tips at the racetrack? Among all the SEO spam from India and inheritance fraud from Nigeria, here is a mailing which I can't seem to