According to Edward Gibbon, the author of the voluminous The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the following were the five signs of Rome’s “decaying culture”: Concern with displaying affluence instead of building wealth. Obsession with sex and perversions of sex. Art becomes freakish and sensationalistic instead of creative and original. Widening disparity between [...]
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In 2009, I spoke to a group of very bright, very capable students at Ohio University. I keep in touch with a number of those students. Here’s why: They were thoughtful. A few weeks after my presentation, 4 CDs arrived in the mail: 2 were of artists I had heard in one of their cars [...]
Fails, epic fails, and spectacular failure are three very different things. Here’s a breakdown: FAIL n, An idea, either good or bad, gone awry, often due to unforeseen circumstances, stress, or some important oversight, and suggesting of ignorance, intoxication, and/or incompetence on the part of the failer. e.g.: EPIC FAIL n, A bad idea gone [...]
Yes!!!! I’m like a kid in a candy store right now. Did you see this? On People Magazine’s website? The headline reads: Spencer Pratt to Heidi Montag: ‘I Failed Spectacularly’ On so many levels. So often. To so many people, too. (Let’s face it: if I know who you are, SP, then you failed me [...]
Welcome back, Michael Plahn! For those of you who don’t know, Michael runs Life Skills Authorities, a group that helps individuals with addiction treatment. Michael also runs a program called Project Rejection, with I, as co-creator of the Fail Spectacularly! Party, find freaking awesome. Here’s the scoop on Project Rejection: In the past, I would [...]
Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men. Sly Stallone in Rocky. Richard Gere in An Officer and a Gentleman. All three of these guys’ characters chose to “go for it” rather than back down for fear of what was likely going to happen. All three of them were rewarded with a Hollywood ending. In real [...]
With all the attention being placed on the Gulf, I wanted to make sure today that we don’t drop the ball when it comes to our safety and well being in other areas of our life. Like the rest of our food supply. Did you know that genetically modified foods allow more crop to be [...]
I'm Jason. I make people shine. My mission is to help 1 million people tell their stories better. 