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Don’t be too upset that you didn’t make the “top 10 list for most searched on the Internet in 2011″. This might actually be a good thing; because it probably means you didn’t create a sex tape, murder anyone, embezzle a trillion dollars on fraud street, cause a celebrity breakup, have a natural disaster named [...]
After spending a little more than a hour at Sydney’s Entertainment Centre with the flamboyant billionaire, otherwise known as “the Don”, it’s hard not to appreciate his candid in-your face intensity and dog-eat-dog business practices. At least with him, it’s not the usual blah blah blah tell them what they want to hear, politically correct [...]
Pangaea was the super-continent that presumably existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras about 250 million years ago, before it split into the current configuration. The name was coined in the scientific discussion of Alfred Wegener’s theory of the Continental drift. Although the 6.8 people that inhabit planet earth do not live geographically on one [...]
This video was adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the RSA. It illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace. Surprisingly enough, if we are able to think logically about what he’s saying, is Dan’s conclusions really that surprising? Please post comments below…
There is a theory that a great coach is one that has been there, done that and still doing it. On the surface it may seem that the best coaches are the ones whose credentials say that they eat their own cooking and drink their own cool aid or at least did at one time. [...]
When Bernie Pitzel was brought back in as Gatorade’s creative chief to introduce Michael Jordan and Gatorade to the world, he instantly found out that the first commercials had already been approved. One played off the true story of a kid in Yugoslavia who wrote a letter addressed to “Michael Jordan. USA.” and it actually [...]
Did you have a favorite number growing up as a kid? Mine was 11. I can still remember my first encounter with the number 11. When I was 6 years old my dad bought me a Gilbert Perrault jersey. Gilbert was an NHL hockey player who wore the number 11 on the back of his [...]
The last post centered around a great video on YouTube where Tony Robbins talks about how Sylvester Stallone relentlessly pursued his dreams to write and star in the Academy Award winning movie Rocky. The question I posed to subscribers and readers was: “What can we take away from this inspirational story to help get past [...]