Productivity tip #5: Fewer shoes
Limiting choices and increasing the speed at which you make those choices will increase your productivity. I essentially have two choices when it comes to footwear: A pair of black…
Someone actually ruined bacon.
My five year-old daughter is a self-selected vegetarian, except that she eats bacon. This is understandable, I think. Bacon is good. My friend, Tony, makes chicken wrapped in bacon for…
No makeup is a thing now. Turns out that I was merely ahead of the curve.
Fewer things draw more ire from my readers than when I write about my wish that makeup would become a thing of the past. It never goes well. Even my…
Speak Up tickets now on sale
Tickets to our next Speak Up storytelling show on May 17 at Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT are now available. The theme of the night is Bad Romance, and…
Based upon his 8 tips for writing short stories, I think Vonnegut would’ve made a great storyteller.
If asked to choose a favorite author (which is a ridiculous exercise), I always say Kurt Vonnegut. He was a genius. A rule breaker. A curmudgeon of the highest order.…
Freeze this moment, damn it.
I could watch my children roll a ball back and forth on the front lawn forever.
Why we don’t fight
Elysha and I have been together for ten years. We’ll celebrate our eighth wedding anniversary in July. Over the course of the decade that we have been together, we have…
Giving my girl a smile and some good luck
Whenever my daughter sees a penny on the ground, she bends over, picks it up, and says, “Find a penny and pick it up, and all the day you’ll have…
Productivity tip #4: Walk fast.
I know it sounds simple and stupid, but if you want to be more productive, walk fast.I am often teased by colleagues because I walk down the halls at breakneck…
Incompetent customer service saves Amtrak and Boston Market a total of $33.03 and costs them customers and reputation as a result.
Last week we dealt with two incredible acts of customer service stupidity by two large companies. As a person who has worked in the customer service industry as an employee,…
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