Personal Development Training and Motivational Humor from the Motivational Smart Ass!

The new year (and new decade) is upon us! Are you ready to make it the best year (and decade) ever? If not, here are seven things you can do to rock out next year (and decade).
1) Develop an Attention Span
I’m going to get on my “old man high horse” for a minute. Our attention …

I know, this is the time of year you want to relax, turn your mind off for a few days, and enjoy some holiday classics from your youth, not get all motivated and think about how to achieve more. Well I’m here to tell you that you can do both!

In October, I posted an …

‘Tis the season…to be stabbing?!?

Just heard about this story, in which “A Missouri teenager is accused of stabbing a man with an ice pick in a dispute over a parking …

If there has been a sign in recent years of the upcoming end of the world, it would have to be the popularity of Reality TV. And with MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” it appears that the final seal has been broken. There is nowhere …

What does it take to succeed? Two things, primarily: dedication and talent.

I was watching the Monday Night Football pre-game show, and the sportscasters were talking about a “problem” player. Mike Ditka then said an interesting quote (I don’t know if it’s from him …

“Stupid is as stupid does.”
- Forrest Gump

Ah, stupidity and illogic. Two things that can drive sane people crazy; two things that there is no shortage of in the world. One needs simply hop a flight to anywhere to see stupidity in action…

A few weeks ago …

As the year (and decade!) wind down, you may find yourself reflecting on the past and planning for the future. That, of course, means goal setting.

You probably don’t need me explaining the basics of goal setting to you, so I won’t. Instead, I am reposting an article I wrote years ago on the difference between …

Warning: Reading this post may tarnish some of your fond childhood memories…

“Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” is one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. If you are unfamiliar, or need a refresher, here are the lyrics:

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
had a very …

What do waterboarding, burning, beating, and kidnapping all have in common?

If you said, “they are all controversial tools in the war on terror,” you would be wrong.

If you said, “they were all used as teambuilding and motivational corporate activities,” you would be correct!

Cracked.com posted this very funny – and yet disturbing – article about …

There’s a difference between “winging it,” and “being able to improvise.” Great improvisers understand that the better you prepare, the better you improvise. I was reminded of this as I watched …