Young Mr. Flanagan (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) Coughlin’s Law “Coughlin’s Law: bury the dead, they stink up the place.” As you may recall from the 1988 widely-panned, though decidedly guilty pleasure epic Cocktail, Bryan Brown’s overwritten character […]
Actually, It Is You… (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) It’s Not You, It’s Me Actually, it is you. Success and the lack of success are driven by two types of actions: Those actions you take and those you […]
Oh Sh*t! (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) Books are Judged by Their Cover Sorry, sweet pea, but it’s true. Fairly or unfairly, all humans make judgements of other humans the moment they see them. Whether conducting some primitive […]
You Reap What You Eat (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) Shit Sandwiches Determine Your Future A better title for this chapter might have been The World is What You Make of It, though I think that’s too simplistic. […]
Objects In the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) The Mack Truck Theory In a previous post I explained how everyone was replaceable – and they are, provided you don’t let them become […]
That is, if you want to succeed… (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) Be Selfish Remember a few lessons back when I said you should be selfish? Well, this is sometimes the best advice I can give someone to […]
No, Really… (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) Read In case the last lesson didn’t sink in: pick up a book, or a Kindle or tablet or a… The absolute simplest and cheapest way to learn anything is to […]
‘Meeting Hell’ is a Real Place (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) Meetings Are Not The Same As Learning Unfortunately, most managers today seem to think that meetings equal learning and vice versa. Moreover, I’ve worked for at least […]
Well, If You Want To Succeed… (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) You Are Always a Student Well, if you want to succeed, you are. Even as far back as the third grade, I can vividly recall how I […]
The 3 R’s Should Include Responsibility (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) The Decline of America’s Schools I’m hopeful your first reaction to the title above was something like “What the hell does that have to do with my […]
Hiring Automotive Salespeople: We’re Way Beyond Sink or Swim I was working with a client recently (essentially helping train their sales team to sell more vehicles at higher grosses to today’s connected customers) and on the first day of the engagement, one of the managers pulled me aside and told me not to bother with […]
Work Smarter and Harder (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) More Genius than Einstein… …and even simpler than any of the six formulae introduced in the last lesson. I once heard another success formula presented as advice that was […]
A=X+Y+Z (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) Einstein’s Theory of Shit Sandwiches If you’re like me, you were completely unaware that Albert Einstein had a Theory of Shit Sandwiches. Of course, he called his version the “success formula.” […]
Negotiations & The Shit Sandwich (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) Buyers are Liars… But, Who Cares? Selling Budweiser beer during the early 1990s on Chicago’s South Side, you rarely faced a day when at least one retailer wasn’t […]
The Worst Time to Take Advantage of Someone (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) Taking Advantage of Others I’ve often said that the worst time to take advantage of someone is when you can. Moreover, I’ve always tried to […]
For Many, This is a Hard Shit Sandwich to Swallow (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) Everyone is Replaceable; Especially You Let me repeat the title of this lesson in case you missed it: everyone is replaceable; especially you. […]
Because, Umm, Perception is Reality (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) Managing Perceptions I am not advocating you stop working hard and only work on how you’re perceived; though I am making it perfectly clear that on the surface […]
Perception is Reality (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) Perception is Everything Perception is reality. I wish I was the first person who ever uttered this unbelievably accurate view of the world. I guess I almost could have been […]
Just Do It (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) The Best Way To Eat A Shit Sandwich I used to report to a real piece of work we’ll call Diane (not her real name). Diane was (and is) this […]
Wait? Life’s Not Fair? (One of the 83 quick and practical life & work lessons from Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone.) Life, My Little Buttercup, Is Simply Not Fair Life’s not fair… Wait a damn minute! Didn’t we already learn this lesson… twice? Apparently not; or I wouldn’t have to […]