Darla and I went to see the new Adam Sandler movie “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan.” I love good comedy–sometimes even dumb comedy–and I’m no prude, but I was do disappointed with bits going over the top from funny to crass that I wanted to leave. My wife is an optimist, one of the…
Leadership Lessons ezine by Mark Sanborn
1. Get healthier Eat smaller portions Eat 5-6 times daily Stay hydrated Aim for a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activity if you’re really serious, 2. Call a past customer and ask what you could do to get him or her back. 3. Send a thank you note. 4. Write a personal note of…
Some of my least favorite junk mail includes requests with the phrase “…please don’t break the chain.” Those words alone cause me to delete the email. It shows a lack of intelligence and/or effort on the part of the sender. Keeping “the chain” or any chain intact is not on my daily list of things…
The Freedom from Religion Foundation has sponsored some billboards across the U.S. that say “Imagine no religion.” That’s pretty easy. Imagine millions of hours of effort and billions of dollars of aid donated by faith-based organizations suddenly gone. Imagine tens of thousands of homeless people with no shelter because missions are closed, and as many…
I’ve had the worst cold/mutant virus from hades I can recall for many years; the kind of miserable affliction where you feel rotten awake and you feel rotten trying to sleep. I’m not going into deep theology here, but one upside to such a condition is that is reminds us how good we feel most…
I stopped by the grocery store and as I was parking my motorcycle in the parking lot, some slouchy rider pulls his bike onto the sidewalk near the entrance to park. What’s that about? Maybe he wants the attention. Maybe he’s lazy. Almost certainly he’s self-absorbed. Why does everybody need to walk around his vehicle while…
I was reminded of that recently. Sometimes despite your best preparation stuff happens. Life, as we are all too often reminded, isn’t completely within our control. When bad and unexpected stuff happens, the mark of a professional is his or her ability to recover; or to use an overused metaphor, make lemonade out of the…
With all the gloom and doom we’re surrounded with these days, this video clip from Harley Davidson should provide you a little encouragment: Screw it, let’s ride.
Sanborn Associates here posting an interesting mention on “Uncle” Mark made by Mike St. Pierre writing at LifeHack.org: Mike had some fun with the whole family tree paradigm and created a family tree consisting of the top productivity bloggers on the internet (according to his criteria). This is what he says about Mark: The Rich…