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My first toastmaster speech is coming up this week and I need to get ready. This is a four to six minute speech. There are some points that they want to make sure I meet. Begin by facing the Toastmaster and saying, ?Mr. (or Madam) Toastmaster?; then face the audience and say, ?Ladies and gentlemen??…

Here we go again. If you are into Apprentice, are you checking out this blog: The Apprentice Blog – Season 4 It’s lively and fun. Be sure to check it out. This week, Mia from Gucci Buddhist is hanging out watching The Apprentice with me and Rocky. I’ll be sure to fill you in on…

And we’re back. In case you haven’t seen it check out this insane Markus story: Apprentice Outraged At Seeming Dumb On Television – Defamer Apparently Markus is convinced he has been shown in a poor light and incorrectly. Look, you go on a reality TV show, you get what you get. Move on Markus. You’re…

“Slow is smooth and smooth is fast” Stay slow and smooth. Violence of Action – Used to gain or regain surprise: You are the shit. Be aggressive. The equipment, the training and the guy next to you will get you through.

Sorry everybody. I missed last week’s episode. Unfortunately, I was actually doing business instead of blogging about “reality business”. I was flying back from California to Ohio Here’s The Apprentice 4 Episode 6 – Wikipedia update. It pretty much sums it up. And here is a good review from PJ: No Deep Thoughts: The Apprentice…

The wealthiest 10% “the wealthiest 10% of U.S. households (as defined by net worth) have an average annual income of $270,000, with an average net worth of nearly $3 million. ” I have this theory that many people believe they are part of the top 10% and therefore think the tax cuts republicans give are…

Leadership Challenge This is a really excellent book. A must read!

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Here are the Halloween pictures… Indiana October 2005

“How long, O Lord, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?… How long will my enemy triumph over me?” This is a nice, encouraging article about how to carry on when things are rough. Beacon Journal | 10/29/2005 | Pray rather than gripe in job chaos

There are many business models but there are no business laws. Physics can be deduced to 3 main laws. Business has endless models with endless variables. Marketing is a great example of this. No matter how proficient and tested a marketing strategy or company may be, there is never a guarantee of success. The client,…

The Apprentice 4 Episode 5 Before I jump into the current episode, I thought I might point you to some of the latest Apprentice news. First, check out this article: Trump blames Martha Stewart for his ratings slide – Yahoo! News The show currently averages 10 million viewers a week, down 4 million from last…

I just got a new mechanical mouse from Amazon, the IBM VersatileScroll Mouse. So far I really like it. It only cost $8. You can check it out here: IBM Versatile Scroll Mouse (Stealth) The only problem with it is that the drivers no longer work that come with it. I found the updated drivers:…

Here’s a very innovative speech given at Web 2.0. It questions and suggests alternatives to how we all work. I highly recommend giving it a read: Less as a competitive advantage: My 10 minutes at Web 2.0 – Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)

One of the down sides of not having a dedicated blog to the Apprentice is that having these posts intermingled within all the other posts makes it hard to find all of the other Apprentice posts. But I’ve been thinking a lot about it and decided to try using an include file to easily link…

My friend Zuill is goiing to be featured this Sunday in a live concert on the radio with Awadagin Pratt. They are performing a “live” recital with interview on NPR’s Saint Paul Sunday Morning Show. It will also be broadcast on XM as well. The concert will include Debussy’s Cello Sonata, the Beethoven A Major…