Rick Smith

Her name was Consuela.  She was blond, latin, and HOT.  It was my first week of my freshman year of college, and I was fully committed to the process of reinventing myself. I would be a dork no longer. Instead I’d be cool.  Confident.  Sexy.  And this, New Rick, better ...

Recently, Seth Godin chimed in on the debate about the use of facebook and other social media tools at work: “You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You can't merely wing it and expect to keep up ...

I recently sat down with some of my friends and my 14 year old son.  Feeling somewhat reverent and parental, I announced to my son, “I am going to reveal to you the only two things that you need to do to be successful.  First, you need ...

I am done with “blogging”.  Well, let’s say I am done with blogging as a profession.  I got into blogging for false reasons.  And I was so wrong. It was early in 2009, and I had a big new book deal.  My new book, The Leap, would be coming out in ...

I want to go to Maine with the family for the summer. Well, actually, I don’t really want to go to Maine. I just want to be one of those people who go to Maine for the summer. It’s February, the time of year where we always plan our ...

Wow. 40% of those unemployed in the workforce have been so for 12 months or more. This means a very large population of frustrated people out there. So, here are a few (likely controversial) ideas on how best to get a job: 1)GET A JOB! I am not going to give you advice ...