When I was 8 years old, I absolutely loved baseball. I watched it all the time, collected baseball cards like they were actually worth something, and I played entire baseball games by myself (and a bunch of ghost runners) in the lot behind my house because I didn’t have 17 friends to round out the…
March Madness is coming. As has been our custom since the early days of the American Republic, we celebrate the advent of spring by skipping out on work to watch 417 basketball games at the nearest sports bar. Or we watch them on our phone while we pretend to pay attention in our meetings. Or…
Ethics Awareness Month is quickly coming to an end, but unfortunately for everyone, we need to be ethical all year long. We all need a reminder of why ethics are important from time to time, and one of the least painful ways to be reminded is to watch some of my entertaining yet educational videos.…
As of December 2013, the median grade awarded at Harvard is an A-, and the most frequently awarded grade is an A. You might be tempted to believe this is the natural outcome for an institution populated entirely (by its own reckoning, at least) by geniuses. However, since any university’s grading scale is supposed to…
Usually people try to encourage you to be ethical because it’s ‘the right thing to do’ or ‘you’ll sleep well at night.’ But I also think I’d sleep well on a 200-foot pleasure yacht that I bought with all the money I stole in a diamond heist. So I don’t think those are particularly good…
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Let’s face it, ethics is kind of boring, but also kind of important, because if you don’t have any ethics you could kind of end up in jail. We all need a reminder of why ethics are important from time to time, and one of the least painful ways to be reminded is to watch…
You know the problem with ethics education? It’s virtually impossible to talk about it without sounding pedantic or preachy. And since none of us like being lectured to, we all usually drown out conversations about ethical behavior because we don’t like feeling like we’re being talked down to. It’s basically the same reason none of…
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Everyone wants to feel valued and no one wants to be told that they smell bad. With that in mind, I made a video with 13 compliments you should use, and 5 you shouldn’t. Take note of your favorite compliments and use them at work today, or better yet, send this video to someone who…