Blog Category: Idea Lists

What Will the New Normal Look Like?

I have never seen so much uncertainty in my life.  There’s uncertainty about:  Health: How bad will this virus get worldwide? I’ve addressed this in my posts, and in my Instagram Lives…

I have never seen so much uncertainty in my life.  There’s uncertainty about:  Health: How bad will this virus get worldwide? I’ve addressed this in my posts, and in my Instagram Lives every day at 2 p.m., by looking at all the data and talking to the experts.  My own view is that the pandemic […]

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The One-Day Book Challenge: CORONAVIRUS!

This is doable and there will be demand. A no-B.S. book that will help people and spread rational thought in an irrational media environment. A lot of this info can be gained…

This is doable and there will be demand. A no-B.S. book that will help people and spread rational thought in an irrational media environment. A lot of this info can be gained from smart Googling. THE  ULTIMATE CORONAVIRUS BOOK: WHAT IS THE CORONAVIRUS? Where did it start? Where did it continue to spread? How does […]

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Sample Idea List: 10 Possible First Sentences for a Work of Fiction

I write 10 ideas a day to exercise my “idea muscle.” The idea of the “10 ideas” exercise is not to produce good or bad ideas but just to exercise the creativity…

I write 10 ideas a day to exercise my “idea muscle.” The idea of the “10 ideas” exercise is not to produce good or bad ideas but just to exercise the creativity muscle. To become an idea machine. They don’t have to be business ideas. Or actionable ideas. It’s just exercise. It’s just to get […]

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I Don’t Give a S***

“Why don’t you ever talk about climate change on your podcast?” It was Christmas night. Full house at the club. I just had done a standup set for 60 minutes and did…

“Why don’t you ever talk about climate change on your podcast?” It was Christmas night. Full house at the club. I just had done a standup set for 60 minutes and did a little Q&A afterwards. At first I was thinking of a real reason. I was thinking how my wife hides the plastic straws […]

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The 10,000-Experiment Rule!

Tracy Morgan stopped by the club. I said, “Want to go on up?” He said, “I got nothing. I got nothing… Ahh, whatever. I’ll go up. I’M TRACY MORGAN!” He went up…

Tracy Morgan stopped by the club. I said, “Want to go on up?” He said, “I got nothing. I got nothing… Ahh, whatever. I’ll go up. I’M TRACY MORGAN!” He went up for 20 minutes just spewing jokes nonstop. Everyone was laughing. He had this raw energy. He was shouting and laughing. And making faces. […]

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9 Leadership Lessons From Don Draper

“You’re my best friend,” a client of my web agency once told me in 1996. “You’re mine!” I said. But I was lying. I hated him. I hated every client. I was…

“You’re my best friend,” a client of my web agency once told me in 1996. “You’re mine!” I said. But I was lying. I hated him. I hated every client. I was afraid the client would fire me if I wasn’t his friend. I made every decision out of fear. I wish I hadn’t cared […]

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The 9 Reasons Most People Won’t Become Millionaires

I met a girl in an elevator and asked her out on a date. This was between marriages. The first thing she asked me on our date was, “How much are you…

I met a girl in an elevator and asked her out on a date. This was between marriages. The first thing she asked me on our date was, “How much are you worth?” I had made and lost millions but nobody knew at that time what I had. I lied. I said, “$1 million.” But […]

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