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Structure is very important, isn’t it? You don’t have to be Frank Owen Gehry to understand that. (I bet you thought I was going to say Frank Lloyd Wright, didn’t you? You’d think the entire world was built by Frank Lloyd Wright, the way he monopolizes history texts and coffee table books. Well, look around,…
Ladies and Gentlemen, How to Get Fired! goes on sale in two weeks! Pre-order your copy on Amazon.com. Tell your friends and family. Tell you boss and coworkers. Tell the nurse and the patient in the clinic waiting area. Make it viral! (The book. Not whatever that person in the waiting area has.)
Greetings! Delivering the Uncrapify Your Life! presentation to a division of Peabody Energy today. They’re the largest coal company in the world, based in St. Louis of all places. I’m looking forward to asking questions about clean coal, alternative fuels, and various other things that will make my car and house more efficient. Is clean…
Welcome back! By the way, I will be taking the Uncrapify Your Life! message to A’Viands Foodservice in Minneapolis on Friday, March 12th. I am gunning for a free meal out of it. More importantly, though, I’ll have the opportunity to ask them what, in their professional experience, everyone else’s favorite and least favorite foods are. I…
Guess what? No, no, let me just tell you – I will be performing at Union College in Schenectady, NY on Wednesday, March 10th. I love the name of that town – or, more accurately, am amused by it. Just say it to yourself (if you can) – Schenectady. Doesn’t it sound vaguely indecent, or…
Hello again. Today I’d like to share with you the four cardinal rules for conducting a bad meeting. This is an art form, ladies and gentlmen, one I do not bring to you lightly. If used correctly, these techniques can wither and ultimately dissolve any remaining work ethic and team identity your subordinates possess. With…
Interesting tidbit for your enjoyment: In his book Why Marriages Succeed and Why Marriages Fail, John Gottman analyzed the ratio of positive and negative interaction with hundreds of couples, and determined the healthiest relationships had a 5:1 ratio. That’s five positive comments to every negative one. Let’s demonstrate this for those of you who are…
Hi All, Just wanted to let you know that I will be promoting my latest book and college lecture How to get Fired!: The New Employees Guide to Perpetual Unemployment on WMBD 31- Peoria on February 24th. It’s a two-and-a-half minute interview, but I neglected to ask which two-and-a-half minutes out of the one thousand…
In this season of giving, it’s important not to overlook giving something special to oneself. That’s why I got myself a very special, and very expensive, present this holiday season. A new plasma TV? No, my good friends, even more expensive than that. I got myself a double hernia surgery this Christmas. Why? Because I’m…
A brief discussion of distributors, ISBN numbers, and all things publishing.