In honor of my friend Carol Roth whose new book launched at #1 on Amazon, I thought I’d re-post this destined-to-be-a-classic video we cut about what not to do with your social media profile photos: If you haven’t visited Carol’s site or experienced her blatant-truth style of wisdom dispensing, definitely take a moment and click [...]
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Real Life Fails
There is a reason why the international sign for kissey-face isn’t a gaping maw stretched as if it were about to devour a slice of key lime pie in one bite. The reason is it’s gross. Unless you’re trying to give the international sign for “I’m choking over here,” shut it. At least most of [...]
This blog title could apply to so many areas of life, couldn’t it? Right now, I want to focus the lens here on our government. Here’s an article about a police chief who runs seminars for parents about how to spy on their kids online. Not “educate” them. Not “prepare them for the virtual world.” [...]
This comment showed up today on a YouTube video I posted entitled, “Introverts: Keys to Acting Extroverted”: “What makes this guy think that an introvert wants to act? extroverted? It’s not our nature.” And here’s the top rated comment on the video: “Someone here has gotten being introvert and shy mixed up.. Introverts have absolutely [...]
When did air travel become so noisy? Here’s a list of announcements I heard on my way from ORD to BOS the other day: Step out of the aisles when you find your row. We’re about to close the door, turn off your cell phones. We can’t leave until all overhead bins are closed. Please [...]
I don’t like those blinking lights on Blackberrys and Droids. At all. It’s not because I’m compulsive, nor is it because I’m curious. I’m neither. It’s because I don’t need the eye pollution. I am bombarded by countless bits of visual information every day, many of them helpful. Some let me know that I’m clear [...]
Have you ever read the comments on popular news sites like WSJ or HuffPost? If I had to come up with three words to describe the average comment, the first to come to mind would be nonsensical, hurtful, and ignorant. It makes me sad: -It saddens me that people cannot express themselves. I’ll forgive typos—heavens [...]
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