Quick Wisdom

The Baby Treatment

April 28, 2010

I was standing in the elevator the other day when a mother got in with a 2 year old in a stroller. On the next floor, a businessman stepped in, looked up from his Blackberry, made eye contact with the child and smiled. He then proceeded to engage in small talk (pun intended) with the [...]

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What Don’t You Put in the Moving Truck?

March 29, 2010

I moved to a new apartment this past week and in addition to learning that I have far too much stuff I don’t use or need, I found that there were certain things I wasn’t comfortable handing over to the moving company. I personally moved some select items because they are more important to me [...]

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Fire and Stars

March 9, 2010

I spent the last week in the wilderness of Michigan shooting a short film with a few friends. While standing there, stoking a fire in the forest underneath the stars, I thought back to what it must have been like for our ancestors. What was life like without Blackberries, email and task lists? Are we [...]

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How Do You Celebrate Your Birthday?

February 11, 2010

Today is my personal anniversary of being born, aka my birthday. 26 years ago I stepped foot into this world–well I probably didn’t actually step into the world since I didn’t walk out of the womb, but you know what I mean. Different people have different ways of celebrating the occasion of their birth. I [...]

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Football Players Don’t Send Instant Messages

January 21, 2010

When a player is on the football field in a game, he isn’t sending instant messages, checking his email, or taking phone calls.  He’s concentrating on the task at hand: playing football. Yet when those of us in the corporate world take our proverbial football field (i.e. sit down to do work), we have more [...]

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If the World is Ending in 2012…

January 14, 2010

According to the Mayan calendar, the world is ending in 2012.  I don’t believe that it’s actually going to happen, but what if you knew for sure that it would?  What would you differently? Would you stay at your current job? Would you spend as much time watching TV?  Would you try to eat as [...]

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New Year, New Perspective

January 5, 2010

Now that 2010 is here, the question is how are you going to make it your best year yet? I have a suggestion: improve your perspective. Use the change of the year (and the decade) to change your perspective to that of an improviser–instead of dwelling on what’s wrong with a situation, think about how [...]

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Give Yourself the Gift of Taking a Break

December 21, 2009

The Christmas holiday is just a few days away, and regardless of your religious affiliation, if you live in the United States, you’ll likely have the day off. If that is the case, I ask you to give yourself a gift this holiday season–the gift of taking a break. For 364 days a year, many [...]

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Stop and Smell the $%*&! Roses

November 12, 2009

Roses are red, Violets are blue, But you wouldn’t know, ‘Cuz you have too much to do. When you die, it’s not going to matter how much you were able to get done in a day–the 16-hours you spend working each day doesn’t get you any extra credit. What will matter? The relationships you developed, [...]

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90% of What You Write is Crap

October 28, 2009

In the world of comedy, the general consensus is that 90% of what you write will not be good enough. Whether you are a new comedian writing stand-up, a writer creating a Letterman Top 10 list or a Best-Selling author penning short stories, you’ll typically only use 10% of what you write. The same applies [...]

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