Nobody’s Net Worth Is Worth More Than Yours
As you might expect, I spend most of my time sitting on my butt staring at a 13” MacBook Air. I do take frequent breaks, mind you. Usually to make tea, munch on something, annoy my wife, pick fruit,...
View ArticleWhy Scorpion Is Way Cooler Than Gizmodo
I get why everyone is suddenly so taken with technology. I’ve been in this business for a long time and it’s always fascinated me. It’s addictive and sort of fun. It’s also a ginormous time sink and...
View ArticlePositive Psychology Is So Depressing
I understand that a lot of folks have a problem with how negative the broadcast news has become. I guess it ruins their day. You know what ruins my day? Waking up, clicking on one of my favorite...
View ArticleYou Can’t Buy Health — Actually, It’s Free
I went for a lightweight hike with a friend the other day. I showed up in old cutoff sweats and a torn t-shirt. He was decked out in a high-tech Nike-branded nylon outfit with a Fitbit writstband. I...
View ArticleAre You the Genuine You?
The most popular column I’ve written in a while was 10 Behaviors of Genuine People. It’s been shared more than 150K times on Facebook alone. I have no idea how many folks read it but I’m guessing it’s...
View ArticleIn Defense of Binge Drinking … Sort Of
According to the Centers for Disease Control, binge drinking cost the U.S. economy $249 billion in 2010. I understand that the CDC was supposed to release more recent data but the team had a wild night...
View Article‘You Can Lead a Horse to Water …’ Isn’t About Horses
There are lots of jobs where you have to figure out what’s going on at a company. VCs have to do that to determine if an investment makes sense. Executives and management consultants brought in from...
View ArticleHalloween Quote of the Day: “Pumpkin Lives Matter”
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. I mean, who isn’t into dressing up and getting a little crazy once a year? That’s probably why Halloween parties are always the best. You can sort of act...
View ArticlePerception Is Reality
There’s a cricket in my house. It’s incredibly loud … and incredibly annoying. What’s strange is that I usually love the sound of crickets. It brings to mind tranquil summer nights and warm breezes...
View ArticleThe Idiocracy Effect: Is Civilization Devolving?
Searching for a scary movie to watch on Halloween, we came across Idiocracy, a sci-fi satire about the world’s dystopian future. Not a horror film, but its prophetic depiction of the dumbed-down...
View ArticleAge Is So Not a State of Mind
Those who say that age is a state of mind are young, delusional, or smoking something. Either that or they’re referring to an idiotic stereotype of how people of a certain age are supposed to act,...
View ArticleThe Ends Don’t Justify the Means
My concern with the hype surrounding entrepreneurship and leadership, not to mention the extreme dilution of those auspicious terms, is a topic I’ve touched on many times but never really articulated...
View ArticleHow to Control the Media Circus
Charlie Sheen has HIV. Now there’s a news flash. And he’s been paying off all sorts of bimbos – I mean the women he has sex with – to keep quiet about it for years. But wait, there’s more. Ex-wife...
View ArticleSnob-Free Thanksgiving Wine Pairing Tips
Step away from the Cabernet. That’s right, just walk away. The last thing you want for Thanksgiving or any traditional holiday dinner is a lot of tannins, and Cabernet Sauvignon is the undisputed king...
View ArticleWhy Americans are Miserable and Broke
Want to know why the gap between the haves and the have-nots keeps growing? The haves live within their means. They don’t waste their hard-earned money on all the crap that American consumers spend...
View ArticleThe Truth Behind Our Entitlement Culture
Entitlements are two-thirds of the federal budget. Entitlement spending has grown 100-fold over the past 50 years. Half of all American households now rely on government handouts. When we hear...
View ArticleWhere Were You When You Lost Your Star Wars Virginity?
It’s been 38 years since the original Star Wars movie was released in theaters, so I’m fully aware that many of you probably weren’t even born yet. As for me, I was 20 years old and enrolled at the...
View ArticleAn Entrepreneur’s Guide to Personal Grooming
About a dozen years ago I started a management consulting firm and said sayonara to the corporate grind … and my Gillette razor. What can I say; I’ve always hated shaving, so I traded in the clean-cut...
View ArticleConfessions of a Misogynist Pig
Put a fork in me, I’m done. I just can’t keep up this façade any longer. After a lifetime of treating everyone the same – regardless of their gender, race, age, politics, disabilities, status, or...
View ArticleDiversity and Exclusion: The War on White Men and Meritocracy
GROUPTHINK: a pattern of thought characterized by self-deception, forced manufacture of consent, and conformity to group values and ethics. We live in a sound bite culture. That’s fine for the media,...
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