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

Have you ever overslept, then woken up in a panic and scrambled to get to work on time? Did that oversleeping cost you ten million dollars? No? Then consider yourself lucky.

Last week, golfer Jim Furyk was disqualified from the Barclay’s golf tournament because he …

I was recently interviewed by Brett Clay, author of Selling the Change, on his radio show, “The Actuation Zone”!

The interview went great. In fact, here is what Brett emailed to me afterward:

“This is my favorite interview! First, I am drinking the Koolaide on how applicable and valuable are your improve techniques. Second, I …

I have a new demo video for my keynote speaking business! This one does a great job of capturing my energy, humor, and crowd interaction. Check it out:

(If you would like a similar video for your speaking business, drop me …

Are you impatient? I am (or at least I can be). Impatience in and of itself is not a bad thing. It all comes down to how you deal with it…

There is a weird phenomenon that occurs on city streets while people are waiting for …

This past weekend I did a keynote for the National Association for Court Management. A few people “live tweeted” the speech, and I took a look at the Tweets afterward. It is pretty interesting to see what other people …

Texting while driving is stupid. Unless you have been living under a rock, you know this. And yet, people still seem to do it. I recently observed someone texting while driving and it got me thinking about the mindset of someone who does this. I …

Here’s a clip from a funny motivational keynote speech I did recently:

The clip starts with a demonstration of the improv comedy game, “Ding!” Then I explain how life is the ultimate improvisation and just when you think you have it figured …

The ability to improvise is a wondrous thing. It can help you out with so many situations, big or small.

To give you a few ideas on how you can improve the quality of your “life improvisations,” let’s take a look at some classic masters of improvisation from the fictional world of television…

(Note: I did not …

For you non-viewers, let’s clear this up right now: Buffy The Vampire Slayer is awesome!! It is one of the best TV shows ever, and I am not ashamed to admit that I love it.

This new year’s day, I came across a …

Here is my “way out on a limb” prediction for 2010: Things will change, surprises will occur and a few things (if not many things) will not go as planned. Basically, Ding will happen.

Change is inevitable, and yet, even though we should be expecting it, it still often throws us for a mighty loop. …