Motivational Humor from the Motivational Smart Ass!

The most infuriating thing to me about stupid people is not so much the stupid things they do (which are very annoying) but rather the indignation they feel when their stupidity leads to bad things happening to them.

I was walking …

Feedback can be a wonderful thing. But at the end of the day, the one opinion that really matters is your own. This is a concept that is popping up in my life quite a bit these days…

“The Motivational Smart Ass,” is a new site and new brand for my existing speaking business which has …

Yesterday the entertainment world, and frankly the entire world was rocked by the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.

I am not going to comment about their careers or legacies (there are going to be plenty of websites, radio programs, and TV shows doing …

Anyone can be polite and nice when things are all going great. They real trick is being polite no matter what, and the only way to do that is to make politeness and “automatic response.”

This past weekend I was visiting a friend who …

Below is a video clip of Adrian Gostick, co-author of “The Levity Effect,” being interview by Erin Burnett on CNBC.

I haven’t read the book (yet), but the short video points out examples of companies and research that show how when people have more fun at work they make more money and are more productive, and …

There are few better ways to damage a professional relationship than to ask for a favor and then screw over the person doing you the favor. And yet, like all things so stupid you would say, “that would never happen,” it …

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Awful Movies and Target Marketing

“Epic Movie” is a truly awful movie made by the same people as Scary Movie and Date Movie. Awful, awful, awful. So bad I couldn’t watch the whole thing, even while fast forwarding through it.

However, these movies keep getting made, they keep making money, …

Here’s a story that clearly comes from the “Dumb Ass” file…

Sunset Tans is a reality show on E! about a tanning salon called, not surprisingly, “Sunset Tans.”

Someone passed along a clip of an Indian dude, “Sanjay,” who was dating …

A week or two ago I posted on How School Tried to Beat the Creativity Out of Me.

If you have seen me speak (and if you haven’t, you can watch some video clips here) you probably know that I believe that all people are creative. Everyone starts out creative, but most people learn …

Though the Motivational Smart Ass has been “live” for about three weeks now, I haven’t officially launched it – until now!

To celebrate the launch, I am offering some FREE stuff as well as some big discounts on my speaking and products:
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