Rick Smith

May 2011

• It’s All About Perspective May 4, 2011



April 2011

• Are You Running Forward, or Running Away? Apr 21, 2011
• Fate Apr 19, 2011
• Meeting Objectives Apr 14, 2011
• 3 Surprising Things I Have Learned Starting a Company – the Second Time Around Apr 12, 2011
• Suck It Up! (and other life lessons) Apr 7, 2011
• Brownnosing for Fun and Profit Apr 5, 2011



March 2011

• One Life Mar 31, 2011
• 5 Secrets You Should NOT Hide From Your Boss Mar 29, 2011
• March Marathon Update: Get On the Train! Mar 24, 2011
• How to Land a Job that Utilizes Your Strengths and Passions Mar 22, 2011
• If You Want to Kill Your Students, It’s Time to Explore Other Career Options Mar 17, 2011
• I am a Millennial, and I Deserve… Mar 15, 2011
• Your Elite College is Not Worth the Price of Admission Mar 10, 2011
• The Email Bill of Rights Mar 8, 2011
• Is it Possible to Live and Work your Passion? Mar 6, 2011
• Planning for Battle vs. Going to Battle Mar 3, 2011
• What It’s Like to Be Rich Mar 1, 2011



February 2011

• The 3 Things I Learned From Walking Into a Pole Staring at a Girl Feb 23, 2011
• The Unwisdom of Multitasking Feb 20, 2011
• If You Want to Succeed in Life, Do These Two Things. Feb 17, 2011
• This is My Last Official Blog Feb 15, 2011
• Going to Maine for the Summer Feb 13, 2011
• How to Get a Job If You are Long Term Unemployed Feb 10, 2011
• Heads I Win, Tails You Lose Feb 8, 2011
• Killing the Snakes Feb 3, 2011
• The Art of Self Deception Feb 1, 2011



January 2011

• PROCRASTURBATION Jan 27, 2011
• What the Heck Am I Up To?? Jan 25, 2011
• And Now, For a Little Fun… Jan 20, 2011
• There’s Hope for Idiots After All… Jan 18, 2011
• 3 Sex Tips I Learned from my Employees Jan 11, 2011
• 2011 and the Death of Happiness Jan 6, 2011
• How to Turn Ridicule into Accomplishment Jan 4, 2011



December 2010

• The Only Career Resolutions You’ll Ever Need Dec 28, 2010
• Are You Creating Unnecessary Enemies? Dec 21, 2010
• The Cost of Taking a Year Dec 14, 2010



April 2010

• The Thin Line Between Popular and Poopy-Face Apr 29, 2010
• The Sound of Silence Apr 25, 2010



February 2010

• Countdown to Launch… Feb 2, 2010



January 2010

• The Roses Jan 15, 2010
• Blogging is Self-Discovery: What I Learned from 1 Year of Social Media Jan 13, 2010



December 2009

• Perspective on Life According to George Costanza Dec 21, 2009
• Is Your Current Trauma Just an Illusion? Dec 15, 2009
• The Window is Closing Dec 8, 2009
• How Tiger Ended Up in the Deep Rough Dec 2, 2009



November 2009

• Black 2010?? (my interview on Fox Business) Nov 30, 2009
• The Lobsturkey Illusion Nov 24, 2009
• From Ordinary to Extraordinary Nov 22, 2009
• 4 Questions that Will Change the Outcome of Your Life Nov 19, 2009
• The Ass and the Armpit (and other brain tricks) Nov 15, 2009
• So, You Think YOU’RE Having a Bad Day at Work Nov 12, 2009
• Do You Have a “Cocktail Future?” Nov 10, 2009
• SKIRTED! Women CEO’s Pay Takes Disproportionate Hit Nov 6, 2009
• The Prevailing Trait of the Perfect Mate Nov 4, 2009
• Here Come the Potentialists Nov 2, 2009



October 2009

• What do Paris Hilton and Twitter Have in Common? Oct 29, 2009
• On Bread Molds and Breakthroughs Oct 28, 2009
• Applause versus Accomplishment Oct 25, 2009
• Great to Good Oct 22, 2009
• Karmunication Oct 19, 2009
• Management is Easier, But… Oct 15, 2009
• How to Tell if Your Good Idea is GREAT! (hint: are people interrupting you?) Oct 13, 2009
• Follow the Glow Oct 10, 2009
• Is Your Job Sucking the Life Out of You? Oct 7, 2009
• Why Some Ideas Take Flight, and Others Don’t Oct 1, 2009



September 2009

• 5 Uncommon Interview Tips to Ensure You Get the Job Sep 29, 2009
• The Now Trap: How Our Minds Keep Us Stuck in a Rut Sep 18, 2009
• The Jelly Bean Fallacy (adapted from The Leap) Sep 14, 2009
• 9/11/09 – How Has Your Perspective Changed? Sep 11, 2009
• Take Your Career from Good to Great Sep 2, 2009



August 2009

• 3 Ways to Jump-Start Your Career, Now Aug 28, 2009
• It’s Really not that Big a Flood… Aug 22, 2009
• Is Now the Right Time to Join a Non-profit? Debating ideas with Seth Godin Aug 21, 2009
• 16 Words That Say it All Aug 19, 2009
• The Upstaging of Hillary Clinton! How to React When a Colleague Steals Your Limelight Aug 11, 2009
• The Curse of Competency Aug 5, 2009



July 2009

• What is Your Primary Color? And How Will This Knowledge Impact Your Career? Jul 10, 2009
• 5 Things We Learned from the Life and Death of Michael Jackson Jul 8, 2009



June 2009

• Redford Unplugged: How to Self-Promote Without Feeling Like a Shit-Head Jun 5, 2009



May 2009

• Letting Go of Your Darlings May 26, 2009
• Live the Most Interesting Life Possible May 21, 2009
• The Interview Idiot HALL OF FAME May 6, 2009
• Discovering the Prose and Poetry of Your Life May 4, 2009



April 2009

• What Would You Do if You Were Going to Die Tomorrow? Or Not. Apr 29, 2009
• How to Start a Business with No Money Apr 8, 2009
• Who is in Your G20? The Importance of Peer Support Apr 6, 2009
• In the New Millennium, Success is Based Entirely on Volunteers Apr 1, 2009



March 2009

• Now is the PERFECT Time to Start a New Business Mar 27, 2009
• CyberThink: How Technology is Subverting Our Ethics Mar 26, 2009
• The Coming Global Competition for America’s “Top 2%” Mar 14, 2009
• Bad Economy = No Summer Vacation? Not So Fast… Mar 9, 2009



February 2009

• Self-Flatualization: Would Maslow Have Applauded the Current Recession? Feb 25, 2009
• Benevolent Sexism: Men Can’t Help Themselves, Study Shows Feb 23, 2009
• Cut My Pay! Should I Stay? Feb 19, 2009
• On Martha Stewart and the Psychology of Prostitution Feb 16, 2009
• Live From TED: It’s Too Late to be Pessimistic Feb 9, 2009
• Don’t Bailout on Seeking Passion in Your Career Feb 5, 2009
• What Would TED Do? Feb 3, 2009



January 2009

• I Suck! Confessions of an EntreManure Jan 29, 2009
• 7 Days, 7 Leadership Lessons From Obama Jan 27, 2009
• 5 Surefire Ways to Piss-Off Your Boss Jan 23, 2009
• YES I CAN! The Lasting Message of Obama’s Victory Jan 20, 2009
• The 10 new Golden Rules for Living in a Web2.0 World Jan 16, 2009
• The Art of Giving Up Jan 13, 2009
• Surviving the Recession: Three Creative Ways to Remain Employed in 2009 Jan 9, 2009
• The Facebook Effect: How Social Media are Transforming Our Capacity to Achieve Jan 6, 2009
• 50 Things To Do For Your Career In 2009 (Part 2 of 2) Jan 1, 2009



December 2008

• 50 Things to Do for Your Career In 2009 (Part 1 of 2) Dec 29, 2008
• Francis Ford Coppola Unplugged: Finding Gifts in Adversity Dec 19, 2008
• Surviving the Recession: Ditch the Job Search; Start a Problem Search Dec 16, 2008
• An Open Letter to God from the Dinosaurs: Delay Evolution! Dec 11, 2008
• Stripped! How Paris Hilton Caused the Great Recession Dec 9, 2008
• The Bailout of Joe the Plumber Dec 4, 2008



November 2008

• The Most Successful Leaders Give Thanks All Year Long Nov 26, 2008
• Will Ditching the Blackberry Make Obama More Productive?? Nov 25, 2008
• Should Hillary Accept? Not So Fast… Nov 20, 2008
• Why This Recession May Not “Feel” That Bad Nov 17, 2008



February 2008

• The Leap: Beginning the Journey Feb 12, 2008



September 2001

• A Two-by-Four from GOD Sep 12, 2001