by root | Jun 16, 2014 | Books, Education, Entrepreneurship, Humor
Now that I am finished with grad school and live 5 minutes from the beach, I finally have time to catch up on my reading list, which had grown to over 100 books! Here are the best I have read in the last month. Comedy Writing Secrets. This book was recommended by my...
by root | Jan 30, 2014 | Humor, Life, Lifestyle Design
There was a commencement address where Warren Buffet or Charlie Munger (and now I can’t remember which is was) tells the graduates how not to succeed in life (he then suggests avoiding his advice). I am taking a page out of his book and I am going give you some...
by root | Apr 23, 2013 | Humor, Lifestyle Design
This weekend we hosted our annual Rock Paper Scissors (RPS) tournament. Â This is a tournament that one of my best friends in college and I started back almost a decade ago. Â Recently, I randomly met some kid who went to the same school five years after me who knew...
by root | Apr 11, 2013 | Entrepreneurship, Humor, Psychology
When learning how to become more charismatic, it is often suggested to learn a martial art, or tango, or do improv comedy. Â That recommendation is based on learning how to own the space around you and communicate your power via body language. Â However, there are...
by root | Jan 7, 2013 | Humor, Psychology
One day, at the first bike shop I worked at, a customer learned my name and used it in a friendly manner. This took me from being a friendly sales person to wanting to be his friend and help him get whatever he wanted — incredible! I have always been bad with names,...
by root | Oct 31, 2012 | Humor, Psychology
I grew up in St. Louis, MO. Â On Halloween it was essential to have three things: your costume, your pillowcase for carrying candy, and of course your joke book. Â At each house you had to perform a trick-usually telling a joke, to get a treat (hopefully not an apple...
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