Rick Smith

Procrasturbation. noun. prə-ˈkras-tər-ˌbā-shən -When delaying the performance of a task feels so good, it results in… euphoria. Why does procrastination feel SOOOO good? We are stressed about a task. There is uncertainty in the outcome and we creatively come up with a perfectly good excuse to postpone what we do ...

OK, OK. I guess it has been long enough, especially after all the inquiries. I can now catch everyone up on my new endeavor. In July, I teamed up with my partners Scott Miller, former CEO of Hyatt Hotels, and Dave Fuente, former Chairman and CEO of Office Depot to launch ...

The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. My contributions (for not so common words): Assmosis: A process by which people absorb success and achievement by kissing up rather than truly earning ...

Does IQ really matter at work? According to new research, perhaps not nearly as much as previously thought. A new study by an MIT Sloan School of Management professor has revealed that Group Intelligence – how effectively a group works together – is more important than individual intelligence. ...

OK, so this is not a post about sex. But I read this cool article saying I had to spice up my headlines to get more readers. I believe the ability to grab others attention is often undervalued. We don’t succeed by paying attention to everything. We succeed for the ...

The happiness movement is dying, and I say it’s about time. 9-11 ushered us fearfully into a brave new world. The great recession caused us to question even the most fundamental rules of economics, not to mention the rules by which we live our lives. Our reaction was to sit ...