May Caption Contest!
What is happening in this photo? Leave a comment with a creative caption and you could win a copy of my book How To Get Fired! Make sure to comment by 10pm on June 2, 2014. Click here to read the rules and entry requirements!
How Professional Development Training Can Save Your New Hires
This video is the first in my Professional Excellence Training Series. Plenty of companies that are too awesome to mention use this training series to train their new hires, and you can too! Enter to win my Professional Excellent Training Series (an $800 value) here!
3 Effective Ways to Recover From an Argument
We all get into arguments with others. It usually happens because other people are just being stubborn by refusing to see things exactly the same way that you do. They should, and deep down they know that they’re bad people for being so difficult. But it’s also possible that what I just wrote is a…
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DetailsHow To Avoid Annoying Phone Calls
When I was in 7th grade I had a huge crush on a girl named Christy, or Chrissie or Carla or Maggie – whatever. The point is, I was in love. But she didn’t love me back. So when I called her, she would make up elaborate excuses to get off the phone with me. …
DetailsTweeting During Presentations- Rebuttal to the Rebuttal (Will the Rebuttals Ever End?!?)
Christina Gleason has written an excellent rebuttal to my recent Smart Meetings article, 5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Tweet During Presentations. Really. She put the word ‘poppycock’ into her title, which is enough all by itself to convince me that she would be a ton of fun to hang out with. (‘Poppycock” did not make my list of…
Details4 Ways Your Sales Script Is Slowly Destroying You
Hello again! First off, sorry for my absence. I could chalk it up to being busy, but the truth is I was kidnapped by pirates and taken to their jungle hideout. It took me a while to escape and then fashion a raft out of trees lashed together with coconut fibers. But I’m back, and…
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The Disturbing Truth About Vacation Time
There was a time in the world when every day was a vacation, because we hadn’t invented work yet. All of us just wandered around enjoying every moment except for the one when we got eaten by something. But then work came along, and those glory days vanished. Now we have to schedule vacation time.…
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7 Reasons Your Administrative Assistant Is The Most Important Asset You Have
April 23 is Administrative Assistant Day, a day where bosses the world over tell their administrative assistants to order flowers for themselves as a “token” of appreciation. But they deserve more than that. Here are 7 reasons that your administrative assistants are pretty much the only thing keeping you from bankruptcy. #1- You have no…
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