How we are dulling our senses and ruining our meaning. WARNING: Profanity is used throughout for examples. Vulgarity causes a decline in society. There’s a difference between being bold and simply being crude. If you’re relying on vulgar phrases and words to produce shock value, you need to re-evaluate what you’re doing.
How we’re not preparing our kids for the basic learning that many of us were prepared for in simpler times. “How have you published so many books?” “How do you know that?” “How do you write so fast?” These are questions I get asked often. I have a simple secret. In grammar school, I paid attention. How do we expect to move forward as a society if we keep making learning an afterthought?
The reasons for and means to escape going through your life defensively and scared. We’re scared of the wrong things. We get threatened and give in to knee-jerk reactions. Taxi drivers, for example, protested and reacted completely the wrong way when Uber threatened their business. How far did that get them? Listen to this podcast, and discover how you could be reacting to things in a manner that is moving you away from your desired result.
Fear of failure is fear of living, so let’s come to grips with why we’ve failed and whether it matters or not. I didn’t get into Columbia University. I failed at writing a novel I told myself I’d write when I turned 50. I don’t have great hair either. Why am I telling you all of this? Well, I actually like to recount my failures. They’ve been great learning lessons and they haven’t stopped me from achieving phenomenal success in other areas of my life. Are you taking your failures too personally?
Why people see hidden dangers all around them, and why that’s crazy. Everything today seems to be a conspiracy. The government, major corporations, banks and the media are apparently all involved. If you walk around thinking people are out to get you all the time, you need to reassess your thinking. This edition of The Uncomfortable Truth is a good start.
We’re not really using a phone, are we? Let’s face it, the iPhone has become much more than just a “phone” in today’s world. It’s one of the most groundbreaking products…ever. Although Apple initially introduced it as a phone, it’s more of a personal assistant these days. And, resistance to this fact is futile. Here’s what this means for you…
Transcript: “The uncomfortable truth about “multi-level marketing” and other Ponzi schemes.“ Transcript: How’d you like to get rich quick? Here’s the uncomfortable truth: you can’t. Yet, we’re surrounded by get rich quick schemes and infomercials that probably cost around $400,000 to shoot and to produce. People aren’t throwing $400,000 into a well. They’re expecting people to respond and attend all these free workshops and seminars. Now there’s some guy here in Providence, Rhode Island. He said to come to his …
Some people are “looking for ‘like’ in all the wrong places.” If you want to be loved, get a dog. If you want to be liked, go on social media. But the search for affection in place of respect is not a mature pursuit. I want to be “liked” when I go to dinner with new acquaintances, I suppose, and I’d prefer people not to “dislike” me when they’re working with me. But those are not huge goals of mine. …
I’m back from the Jersey Shore—huge, clean beaches, great breakers, and family amusements up and down the boardwalk. It is as diverse a crowd as you can imagine. Twenty years ago we thought it was diverse because of all the Canadians! Today, there are people speaking dozens of languages who are a variety of colors and backgrounds. The commonality: Every parent and grandparent, whether in shorts and tee-shirts, saris, or dashikis, lovingly put their kids aboard the rides and took …
