Think of a Number

  Dear subscriber, I got a cool trick for ya. But you gotta be mentally switched on, okay? Hmm, that eliminates half my audience right there! Look, just do your best, Freckles. Here it is: Think of a number. Any number. (But don’t forget it, okay?Perhaps some of you should

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How’s Your Chick-Through Rate?

  Dear subscriber, I have advice to the young and old, if I may be so bold: If you want more peace and less drama in your life, especially when it comes to affairs of the heart and the cutthroat world of business, then I suggest you adopt the following philosophy:

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Troll Call

  Dear subscriber, Let’s talk about trolls. No, not those mythical creatures from Nordic folklore. What do you think I am – some type of nerd? No! I’m talking about internet trolls. But first, a quick internet history lesson. When the internet was just a baby, it was all kittens

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Iron Fists and Golden Words

  Dear subscriber, By the time you’ve finished reading today’s email… … you’ll be more pumped up than a 90’s kid’s pair of Reebok Pumps. More amped-up than Angus Young playing at the Monsters of Rock, Moscow. Hoo-Hah! Yup, I’m talkin’ more excited than a sugared-up 7-year-old at a birthday

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There are three types of people…

  Dear subscriber, There are three types of people in your phone contact list: (1) The ones who, when they ring you up, your butt puckers, your face contorts, and you die a little inside. (2) Those where you think “Hmm, to pick up or not to pick up?” It’s

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Prediction: A friend of yours will…

  “Help! I’m being held in a Chinese bakery!!”  ~ Fortune Cookie message     Dear subscriber, There are two types of psychic mediums: (1) One has no psychic ability but believes they do. (2) One has no psychic ability and knows it. Look, I don’t have anything against psychics,

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Hell Has Fluorescent Lighting

  Dear subscriber, One man’s idiot is another man’s guru. One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. One man’s hell is another man’s paradise. OK. Let’s take a gander at that last one in relation to careers, shall we? A hellish job to me, dear subscriber, would be sitting

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Ya heard this one?

  Dear subscriber, Gotta joke for ya. If girls with big boobs work at Hooters, where do girls with one leg work? Answer: Ihop. Yep, that’s about how well that joke should go over… Okay, so why the tasteless joke, the sophisticated amongst you may ask? Does there need to

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Brothers in Qualms

“Listen, nod, smile, and then go off and do whatever the f*%k you were gonna do!” ~ Robert Downey Jr.   Dear subscriber, The topics I teach (persuasion, sales, negotiation, etc) are, on the one hand, very niche. However, my Dear Watson, upon deeper consideration, one may discern their far-reaching

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The other C-word

  “Everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts.” ~ Proverbs 19:6   Dear subscriber, I was inspired to write this email after listening to Adam Carollo’s podcast. He said something that at first blush seemed humorous, but it also highlighted a powerful truth about human interactions that

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