25 Ideas For Great Blogging and Speech Topics

I can fly right through a speech or blog with the right topic. The other day someone asked me how I come up with great speech and blog topics. I told them that the blogs that interest me are often the topics that stimulate my thinking and actions. So writing about these same topics may [...]

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So You Want $100,000+ Job Opportunities

I am in the people business. I enjoy building and running winning teams of people. What amazes me is the number of people who have wanted me to hire them that show up for work/life unprepared. Of course, they have a pretty resume and all sorts of credentials. Their references are seemingly impeccable. Oh they [...]

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Got Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed? Fix It Now!

Have you ever woke up on the wrong side of the bed? Do you carry that bad feeling with you well into the morning? If you are feeling irritable and cranky when you wake up, there is no way you can be successful that day unless you ditch that feeling in a hurry.
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Free Tips on Starting a Profitable and Successful (Web) Company Part 2 - The Secret Sauce`

Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it…
I have already talked about a handful of reasons that businesses fail. Now it’s time to talk about how to make sure you start a business that succeeds. I will reiterate, restate, remind and basically hammer into everyone’s head how critical it is to have [...]

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If You Don’t Vote, Please Keep Your Big Trap Shut

Tuesday November 6th, 2007 is a mid-term election date. These elections mostly revolve around local government positions and issues. Some would feel these are insignificant and choose not to participate. But, if you don’t vote you have no right to complain about the government decisions you don’t like, no matter how much [...]

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Rock On – Get Social and Help Your Community

Last night I went to see a live music show at a local club. Having worked in the concert industry for the past year, I have been to all of the big name concerts where ticket prices top $85 a show. But I had forgotten how much I enjoyed those inexpensive shows where bands [...]

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Free Tips on Starting a Profitable and Successful (Web) Company - Part 1

This morning I met with a successful business school graduate. He was looking to take on more substantial career challenges and was interested in a start-up. He was asking me for a little insight and here is more or less what I told him…Anyone can start a business, but only few are successful. Why is [...]

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An Indispensible Travel Tool - The Petzl Zipka Headlamp

Travel is an important part of my work and leisure life. In the last year I have found myself caving in the Modoc Lava tubes, motorcycle touring around Mount Shasta, wandering through vineyards in Alsace, hiking the lava beds in Hawaii or deserts of Arizona at night, and lounging in a hammock in Sayulita. Some [...]

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Do You Really Need to Drive Today?

I have a truck, I couldn’t live without it. I need it to haul around my off-road motorcycle, take trips down the coast, go camping, haul stuff around, etc. But I now regularly make the decision whether or not I really need to get in it and drive. There are lots of reasons to keep [...]

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Mise en Place for Your Life?

Organization and efficiency in the kitchen is must. No successful chef can operate in chaos and disorder. There is a French term for it - Mise en place [miz eñ 'plass]. Literally translated it means, “setting in place”. In the cooking world it is thought of having “everything in place”, doing all possible prep [...]

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