In his timeless classic “How To Win Friends and Influence People,” Dale Carnegie tells the story of the president of steel company who pays a visit on the worst performing steel mill in the company. Now he could have yelled and screamed and threatened to fire every employee unless they ramped up production and fast. […]
You’ve got troubles. I’ve got troubles. We’ve all got troubles. Traffic sucks and working for a living is not as much fun as it sounds like. Your kids are annoying and your dog smells funny… or is it the other way around? My biggest complaint in life right now is I can’t get a wi-fi […]
Up and at ’em, Sunshine! Daylight’s burning. Just typing those words makes my skin crawl a little. I am not what you call a “morning person.” Never have been. I hate those people. Up before the crack of dawn, exercising, getting organized, being productive and, worst of all, being chipper before I’ve had my 7th […]
America is the most medicated civilization in the history of, well, civilization. Nearly 70% of Americans take at least one prescription drug regularly. 50% take two. A mind blowing 1 out of every 5 Americans is on 5 or more prescriptions. We take them for wide variety of reasons: High blood pressure (22%), High Cholesterol […]
Two years ago, I was a couple of Krispy Kreme donuts shy of 300 pounds. As of today, I’ve lost weight for 8 consecutive quarters. Two years. That’s a winning streak I’m pretty proud of. Yay me. Now I wish I could say that’s the heaviest I’ve ever been, but it’s not. This ain’t my […]
You’ve probably heard about the mud run/obstacle course craze. There’s the Warrior Dash and the Hero Run, the Muddy Buddy and Mud Runs of all sorts, from full on boot camp style to just plain silliness. Then there’s the FoamFest5k which was held today in Nashville. All the pictures on their web page were of […]
There can’t be too many things that are a bigger kick in the groin than a doctor saying the words “You have cancer.” Except for maybe a doctor letting you know that you have cancer without ever saying a word. I had a mole on my stomach that had been growing for a couple of […]
Your grandmother probably told you not to eat late at night because you didn’t burn off as many calories and it made you fat. Today, nutritionists disagree on whether late night eating in and of itself can cause weight gain, but recent studies at Northwestern University show that mice that ate when they should have […]
How much time did you spend last week watching the news out of Boston? America was glued to our screens. Television screens at home, smart phone screens everywhere else. I was having dinner with friends who were staring at their smartphones, reading tweets aloud from other people who were sitting at home staring at their […]
A report on Marketingland yesterday showed that the average American now spends 27% of their online life on social media sites, almost double the amount of time (15%) they spend on the second highest category, entertainment sites. For the last few months, I’ve been using RescueTime to track how I allocate my time spent staring […]
