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While I was planning for a keynote I gave this past week, I made a quiz about product brands and catchy phrases. Here are some of them — see if you can name who they stand for: Snap! Crackle! Pop! I often have students — usually experienced ones — who take issue with a point I might make or a methodology I prescribe. Since I’m in the business of changing behavior, by very definition I am trying to get folks to do things differently. Some folks apparently don’t like different. It’s at those moments where the status [...] I was teaching/coaching a group last week and they were hitting their head against the wall. We were discussing making things interesting with good openers, and the basic tenor in the class was “I don’t think this topic (I) is (am) very interesting.” I always disagree with this attitude, but we let it slide. We [...] On a day where we are supposed to stop, ponder, and give cognizant acknowledgment to the many good things in our lives (but here in America, judging from the size of my newspaper this morning, it is apparently about planning our shopping day for tomorrow), let be the voice crying in the wilderness begging you [...] It’s often amazing to me how much is said and how little is communicated. Many people seem intent on making sure they are heard — not that their message is heard. It’s Toastmasters contest season again, and due to another obligation I was unable to attend or participate in my club’s contest. It was a well-publicized [...] I heard this quote (no attribution) the other week: “We spend far too much time on our jobs, and far too little on ourselves.” I spent a little time improving myself this week at the ASTD ICE conference. It was quite amazing, and I come back with gobs of notes, ideas, and inspiration. Now for the time [...] Sitting in a hotel reading the instructions for “complimentary high-speed wireless internet service”. Seven steps, easy enough. Then there’s another step listed after an asterisk (even though there is no asterisk anywhere else on the page). The step says: “If you do not have a wireless card built in to your computer, we provide External Wireless [...] After some sickness putting us out of commission a bit, we’re back in business. Sickness makes the well times seem so much more weller. Had a faithful reader give this tip, and I can’t believe I didn’t know it or discover it before. You should know by now I’m a HUGE fan of video [...] |
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