I attended a seminar recently where the neurological and physiological challenges of behavioral change were being discussed when the following sentence was uttered: “What you know is comfortable, even when it’s bad for you.” ...
Posts by Jeff Lesher
At this point in my career, I am not easily surprised. But, every once in a while I hear something that makes me say, “Are you kidding me?” I had one of these moments when reading a recent Wall Street Journal article about how...
The choices we make I never cared for the band Rush. Maybe it was because they were the preferred band of a racist moron I had to work with at my first Radio Shack, but I think it was their music. Still, one of their most...
Google likely found its best people practices on “the Google,” which means you can find them there too. A few years ago, I blogged about how Google was getting all sorts of attention and praise for going the extra mile to...
In the movie classic, Animal House, Dean Wormer advises Flounder, “Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” That’s pretty harsh; but, beyond the comedic effect, the encouragement to participate in one’s own...
It’s estimated that the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament will cost American businesses nearly $2 billion in lost productivity during its 3-week run. Because I’m a generous person, I’m going to give a little bit of that back...
I have an appreciation for creative misuse and abuse of language, especially the modification of idioms into utter nonsense. My son knows I’m a fan, so he was kind enough to share the quote that serves as the title of this...
According to our news media, it seems that any topic or circumstance about which at least two people have different points of view is a CONTROVERSY! Unfortunately, framing legitimate questions and alternative points of view as...
“Thank-yous” and Praise, Empty Verbal Calories Without the Nutritional Value of Specifics People who know me well know that many of my favorite analogies involve food. So, it’s not surprising when my first thoughts about...
