2010 will be a Bummer!
Tuesday, 08 December 2009
I won’t waste weasel words on the usual, ‘Hey! it’s December’; ‘Gosh! It’s nearly Christmas already’; ‘Wow! Are you ready for next year?’ or ‘Oooh! Hasn’t 2009 been a bummer!’
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TRIENNIUM3 - This is it!
Friday, 06 November 2009
I didn’t borrow the sub-title, ‘This Is It’, from the film made of the flawed genius that was Michael Jackson. Firstly, it was used to usher in the new millennium, in the pouring rain, at the Auckland Domain, on December 31 1999-January 01 2000.
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Generation NOW! The final bit of Three Parts...
Thursday, 01 October 2009
Some of you did not read the first two parts of my trilogy about the ‘generations thing’, didja? Please keep up! Stop twittering, YouTubing and Facebooking long enough, to make an occasional foray into ‘Real World’.
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Little Boxes - The second of Three Parts...
Thursday, 10 September 2009
I hope you enjoyed the first part of my ‘generational trilogy’ in the August issue of Business to Business (the monthly motivator to the visionary courageous!).
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The 'Generations' Myth! A hoot in three parts...
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
Maybe ‘he’ woke one morning, rose too quickly, banged his head against the bathroom door and, instead of seeing stars (like normal people), voilà, he saw ‘generation clusters’. And they were chronologically different. You and I would have explained that as, some folks being older or younger, than others.
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If not me... who? If not this... what? If not now... when?
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
At the water cooler. ‘Hey. Have you heard?’ The nearest hearer replies, ‘Heard what?’ The second, hearer (post-yawn), chips in with, ‘Are you gonna tell us, or do I have to go back to, you know… work?’
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Psst! It’s no fun under the bed…
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
A Maverick is duty bound to be ‘different’. He or she is committed to providing an ‘alternative viewpoint’ to everything. We are ‘contrarians’. We have to perform the ultimate balancing act, of seeing both sides of the situation simultaneously, while offering intelligent, unbiased comment. I do that!
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'Different' is the Buzz!
Monday, 11 May 2009
President Obama had few slogans for his 2008 campaign. They were very short, to match the concentration span of the ‘txt’ generation, which used to be called, the ‘next’ generation. Anything longer than seven words, and they txt back… ‘wat pls rept.’
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W.I.I.F.U - Greetings you Utopians
Tuesday, 07 April 2009
Once upon a time (well, I’m allowed…) a proud father decided to celebrate his daughter’s promotion in a local company, by signing both her and himself, into my course, The TERRIFIC Seminar. He suggested she ask her boss for the two days off, one in each successive weeks.
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THEM! The Lifesavers
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
I am… The ‘Three Guy’. The first response to that from the younger set is… ‘Whatever!’ This word is now used with increasing regularity, to let the user cop out of almost everything. I have been ‘The Three Guy’ for a long time. Now, I will share my ‘condition’ with you.
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US! The teamie thing
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
Three words explain our Kiwi psyche right now… feat, feet and defeat. ‘Feat’ reminds me that some of the greatest contributions to the world came from Us. Splitting atoms, conquering Everest, heavier-than-air flights, democracy and discovering DNA… for starters.
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Me! www.iamterrific.com
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Almost everybody has wished you a ‘Happy New Year’. Very nice. Smooch. Smooch. I want to do better than that. I have only one New Year’s Resolution… to Make 2009 My Best Year Ever! I want that for you too. Will you?
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Attitude. It needs a brain connection...
Monday, 08 December 2008
Three ‘supposed’ CEOs of America’s major car manufacturers are invited to Congress, to ask for a bailout. One had left his previous position with a mere US$210 million severance payout. Another received a US$18.5 million signing on bonus. What!
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Dream on, Kiwis
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Most of us know the term, The American Dream. It was coined by Historian James T Adams in his 1931 book, Epic of America. The American Dream is a dream of a land in which life should be better, and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.
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