Are You a Defeatist?
According to Google, a defeatist is “a person who expects or is excessively ready to accept failure.” It’s fitting, but I think they need to add “…and is almost guaranteed to fail.” How many successful people do you know who approach situations...
5 Reasons to Stop Caring What Other People Think of You
Everywhere I look, I see people worried about how they’re being perceived by others. Girls with bright orange, fake-baked skin, pounds of make-up, and the latest fashion accessories imitating celebrities. Guys wearing Sperry Top Siders, Croakies,...
Have the Confidence to Be a Dork
I lift weights three times a week. Nerd power! I’ve watched every episode of “Quantum Leap.” I’m a successful copywriter. I play in a pop punk band. It’s taken me a long time to get to this point, but I finally feel like I’ve found a balance...
Stop Pretending You’re the Guy and Be the Guy Already
We’ve all been there: You see some dude who has everything you want and embodies the characteristics you only wish you had. He’s confident, cool, has a sweet job, cute girlfriend, abs, Heisman trophies, the whole shebang. You get envious, thinking...
What We Can All Learn From Breaking Bad’s Walt White
Warning: Spoilers Ahead I’m not a meth dealer. I don’t know chemistry or how to rig an explosive device to a wheelchair. I am, however, a guy who appreciates ballsy confidence. I’ve expounded the virtues of AMC shows before, namely “The Walking...
How to Stay Motivated Without Really Trying
I’ve always been one of those guys who has a ton of ideas, projects and goals, but after a few days of working on them, I somehow lose that spark I had when I started. Especially in the workout arena, in the past, I’ve been notorious among my friends...
Be The “Better Man”
Say some guy just called you a pussy. What do you do? If you’re a pants-pissing coward, you retaliate by calling him a pussy or something worse. That’s immature behavior better suited for a kid. Be a better man It’s a hell of a lot easier to give...
What’s Your Power Song?
“You’ve been hit by, you’ve been struck by a Smooth Criminal.” There I was, sitting in my car waiting to go in for a job interview. I was dressed to the nines (or so I thought), holding on to my professional portfolio, and wondering how the hell...
‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’ in 2012
Marketing and self-confidence have a lot in common. As an ad agency would do its best to stand behind the virtues of, say, a ketchup brand, the confident man must believe in all of his unique features to make an impact on his world. Win at business As...
Rude Much?
Have you ever worked with someone so rude and unnecessarily mean-spirited you wondered how they’d managed to survive up to that point without being beaten mercilessly? You know, the sort of dude that goes out of his way to make your day at the cubicle...
