Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double So ya’ gotta let me know Should I stay or should I go? – The Clash When it comes to careers and relationships no decision is more[…] Read On
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The ‘Self-Help’ Scam
I am not a fan of the self-help, personal improvement, motivational genre. To be specific, it’s the I can [teach you/help you/motivate you] to be [happy/rich/successful] if you buy my [book/blog/course] merry-go-round I don’t care for. I don’t care if authors have academic, research, finance, religious or sales backgrounds, they’re mostly shysters[…] Read On
On Overcoming Adversity and Being Short
“Okay, don’t get excited man, it’s ‘cause I’m short, I know.” – Davy Jones, The Monkees – Daydream Believer I’m short. I mean, not quite as short as The Monkees’ Davy Jones, rest his soul, but still. As a kid I was usually the shortest guy in the class and[…] Read On
Avoiding Digital Predators and Their Baited Traps
A big part of being happy and successful in the modern world is learning to identify and avoid a virtual epidemic of spammers, scammers and fraudsters. If you’ve ever caught an animal in a trap, whether it was a mouse, a gopher or a wasp, you probably felt several distinct[…] Read On
My Traumatic Presurgical Meltdown
Few things are more traumatic than surgery. While the nurses were prepping me for my latest procedure, my blood pressure started to spike. Every time they took a measurement it was way high. Puzzled, the OR nurse said, “Are you feeling OK Mr. Tobak?” “Well, let me see. I haven’t[…] Read On
The ‘If I Had 24 Hours Left’ Test
Another fine hot sunny Saturday afternoon in Silly Valley. Got a gazillion things to do but don’t feel like doing any of them, so I check out Twitter and find #IfIHad24HoursLeft trending. Realizing that tweeting is the last thing I want to be doing if time is running out, I[…] Read On
Nobody Leads a Charmed Life – Get Over It
One of the biggest challenges we all have to overcome is the notion that others have it better than we do. In the age of social media it’s all too easy to get caught in the trap of “Why isn’t my [career, business, life … fill in the blank] taking[…] Read On