2020-11-18 16:26
By: Jasmine Rice Imagine you are leaving work after just finding out you didn’t get the promotion you had been hoping for. On your way home your mind is wandering which causes yo… Read More
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2020-04-24 17:57
At least to me, in this uber-connected world we live in, they seem to be a bit of a lost art. Nowadays, many people will thank others verbally or via text or perhaps email. I can’t say… Read More
2020-04-23 10:31
You and I meet on the street, and I say to you: “Hi, I’m Rick, it’s nice to meet you.” Before you respond with your name, you say to yourself: “Ugh, I can never… Read More
2020-04-21 13:39
Let’s start this Prime Your Pump blog post with a little trivia. What do Gmail, Google Maps, Google News, Google Translate and Post-It Notes all have in common? I’ll give you a c… Read More
2020-04-17 10:16
Being a workout junkie, today I am going to show you a great workout that you can do in just 10 minutes a day. This workout will not only help you build muscle, but it will also help you foc… Read More
2020-04-15 13:49
At some point in your life, how many of you have read a self-improvement or ‘self-help’ book? Or how many of you have made a New Year’s resolution? According to our friends… Read More
2020-04-14 16:11
Whether it is at home, at work or wherever else, I think we can all agree that communication is important. Miscommunication can occur for a variety of reasons including differences in the us… Read More
2020-04-10 18:41
I had a friend recommend a book to me the other day, I got about ½ through it and suddenly I thought to myself, why the hell am I reading this book? This book really sucks! Howe… Read More
2020-04-08 16:11
You have just been nominated to chair the committee to plan your 10th high school reunion. “Yikes!” you say to yourself as you contemplate what all this entails. Luckily, the com… Read More
2020-04-07 10:00
I’ve done a lot of thinking recently about the concept of how to be more present, or simply living in the moment and not thinking about the past or the future. And I must admit that li… Read More
2020-04-03 16:46
The elementary school I went to was open-concept, meaning there were no walls between classrooms, only dividers. Which is probably why I am able to now focus and concentrate in even the loud… Read More
2020-04-01 17:29
I’m going to introduce you to two people that have something in common. The first is a woman who was an aspiring writer who had recently been divorced and living on government aid. In… Read More
2020-03-31 10:00
Given what has been going on in the world lately regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, I thought it was a good time to share some research I have done on the importance of being resilient as well… Read More
2020-03-27 17:20
It really is amazing how traveling can change your perspective on certain things. One of the most memorable trips I have taken was back in 2011 when I visited Rome, Italy with a good friend… Read More
2020-03-25 14:34
There are some types of insurance policies and insurance add-ons that not only make sense but are necessary to protect you. But then there are some that I just shake my head at. Like a coupl… Read More
2020-03-24 10:00
I have read a ton of books on leadership over the years. And to be honest, I have found most to be the same old boring, cookie-cutter waste of time. That was before I came across a book by 2… Read More
2020-03-13 16:11
For the past couple of months, my friend Howie has been asking me how the blog post on tips for procrastinators has been coming along. Until recently, my excuse has been that it keeps… Read More
2020-03-11 16:11
I wasn’t quite late yet, but if it took me much longer to find it, there was a chance it would cause me to be late. I knew my watch was around here somewhere. Then after about 5 minute… Read More
2020-03-09 16:11
Today’s post is going to introduce you to some persuasion strategies typically used in marketing that you can employ strategically in your personal life. Give Me a Minute Before We Sta… Read More
2020-03-06 10:00
Have you ever wanted to initiate a conversation with someone but were unsure about how to break the ice? I think we have all been there at some point in time. Even though I am a very outgoin… Read More
2020-03-04 16:11
Sometimes, we need to learn things the hard way! We all make mistakes in life, that is how we learn and how we grow – the key is not making the same mistakes twice. Let me take y… Read More
2020-03-03 16:11
Do you have a hard time saying NO to others? I can tell you one person who does not need any advice for how to say no to others, and that is my mentor Howie. And he has quite an ingenious an… Read More
2020-02-28 10:00
When most of us think of the 5-second rule, what typically comes to mind is not overcoming hesitation but instead, it is the food hygiene concept. You know the one – when you drop a pi… Read More
2020-02-25 10:00
Do your shoelaces come untied often? It is a more common problem than you think and believe it or not, scientists have actually studied why it happens. I, on the other hand, have a different… Read More
2020-02-21 10:00
As I was thinking about writing this blog post on taking notes better, I had a flashback to my freshman year of college. I was in the middle of a mid-term exam in an Introduction to Psycholo… Read More
2020-02-19 13:22
If I were to ask you to name the single most effective thing that we can do every day both to reset both our body health and our brain health, what would you say? Before you answer, let me a… Read More
2020-02-17 10:00
I am embarrassed to admit it, but up until a couple of years ago, it was something I would do sometimes but not all the time. Yet after reading an article regarding why you should make your… Read More
2020-02-14 10:00
Ok reader, it’s time for you and me to have a conversation about better conversations. We all know people who have really great conversation skills, and we all know people who have cra… Read More
2020-02-13 10:00
I remember it like it was yesterday. I was 8 years old and was watching TV when I witnessed one of the most amazing things ever. What I saw was a 21-year old kid doing something that w… Read More
2020-02-11 10:00
Staying focused has a lot in common with magic. In fact, if you think about it, magicians themselves must know how to stay focused or else their magic show will end up being a s$*&… Read More
2020-02-07 10:00
Listen, reader, I am glad you are here, but you are getting a bit too close and are in my personal space. Could you please back up just a bit? That’s better, thanks! Personal space &nd&hell…Read More
2020-02-05 10:00
Like some of you, when I used to hear the word karma I would associate it with one of two things: the saying: “karma is a b****” or the phrase ‘what goes around, comes arou… Read More
2020-02-03 16:11
We have all heard the phrase a million times, “so and so is in the zone!” And odds are, we have all experienced the feeling of being in the zone or achieving flow ourselves. You… Read More
2020-01-31 10:00
Should I work out today or not? That pizza looks pretty good – should I eat it? The boss wants me to stay late today, but my kid has a soccer game. What should I do? My company has off… Read More
2020-01-29 10:00
I have long been a fan of Aesop’s fables, so when I decided to write a blog post on the power of gratitude, there was one fable I knew I needed to share with you guys. The fable… Read More
2020-01-27 10:00
In the spirit of full disclosure and transparency, I have to admit upfront that this blog post on meal planning ideas will be more a case of “do what I say” than “do as I d… Read More
2020-01-24 10:00
There is one specific activity that sailors who are participating in Navy SEAL training do at the start of every day that demonstrates discipline and attention to detail amongst other things… Read More
2020-01-22 10:00
Today we will discuss one of my favorite fables of all time as well as one of the best books I have read lately. What you will quickly see is that they both are both related to building disc… Read More
2020-01-20 10:00
Meik Wiking is not only the author of The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living but he also studies what makes people happy at the Happiness Research Institute. And it i… Read More
2020-01-17 10:00
One of the reasons for Steve Jobs’ incredible stage presence was due to his extreme preparation for his presentations and keynote addresses. His preparation time was legendary wi… Read More
2020-01-15 16:11
One of the most popular ways of staying creative that many of the world’s most famous artists have used is that of simply having a nap! However, as author Austin Kleon says in hi… Read More
2020-01-13 10:00
I have no idea whether Jesse Newton was into meditation or living mindfully prior to “the incident”, but if he wasn’t, he probably wishes he was. You may be wondering… Read More
2020-01-10 10:00
It may be one of the most common questions that we both ask and are asked every day. Yet, it is arguably also one of the most mindless and it doesn’t exactly help us connect with… Read More
2020-01-08 10:00
In today’s post we review 12 of my favorite mindset quotes, but before we get to them let’s first hear a quick story from author Tim Grover from his amazing book Relentless: From… Read More
2020-01-06 10:00
Back on June 23, 1885, Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie addressed students of the Curry Commercial College in a talk entitled “The Road to Business Su… Read More
2020-01-03 10:00
Anyone who is a boxing or sports fan will remember what went down on February 11, 1990, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. What went down was the biggest upset in boxing history and ar… Read More
2019-12-30 10:00
In our last blog post of 2019, we are going to look back at some of our most popular blog posts of the year. This top 10 is based on the blog posts that received the most likes, comments, an… Read More
2019-12-24 10:00
Several years ago at a previous job, I was in a leadership meeting sitting beside a colleague/friend who had recently been hospitalized after being a little stressed out from his uber-demand… Read More
2019-12-20 10:00
There is an ancient Chinese proverb that you may have heard of which gives advice for how to handle being overwhelmed. The proverb goes like this, “a journey of 1,000 miles begins with… Read More
2019-12-18 10:00
Just give me a moment before we get to today’s post, I’m visualizing success. I’m visualizing you sitting there on your smartphone or computer about to read this blog… Read More
2019-12-16 10:00
Anyone who has seen Saturday Night Live is familiar with Stuart Smalley, a fictional character portrayed by comedian Al Franken. Smalley participates in many sketches but one of my favorites… Read More
2019-12-13 10:00
Recently I read about a great example of how to collaborate which was told by an American billionaire and casino magnate. The man, on his way to Singapore, had dropped off his wife and adult… Read More
2019-12-11 10:00
Other than it being extremely cold, I know absolutely nothing about Siberia. Zero, zip, zilch, nada! So, when my mentor and Prime Your Pump co-blogger Howie recently told me about a te… Read More
2019-12-09 10:00
This post is about a phrase called skin in the game. But before we get to that, first I need to tell you a little story. Once upon a time, a pig and a chicken were thinking about going into… Read More
2019-12-06 10:00
Today’s post is going to introduce a concept that I have personally used to get more focused work done. And just recently I came to find out that there was a name for it – time b… Read More
2019-12-04 10:00
Back in the December 1900 edition of The Ladies Home Journal, author John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. wrote an article called “What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years”. In it, W… Read More
2019-12-02 09:00
Those of you who clicked through to get to this blog post on how to be a more attractive person thinking it was how to look more physically attractive may want to stop reading now as that is… Read More
2019-11-29 10:00
Have you ever noticed that much of what you see on the internet is crap? You see examples of it everywhere! From products on Amazon (thank God for reviews to help us figure out what is good!… Read More
2019-11-27 10:00
We are all familiar with New Year’s resolutions and it is likely that we have all made them many times during our lives. It is also likely that most of us have not been successfu… Read More
2019-11-25 10:00
Recently, I was reading an interesting book called The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism by Olivia Cabane. One of the most fascinating chapt… Read More
2019-11-22 10:00
“Keeping up with the Joneses” is a popular idiom in many parts of the world that has been used to compare one’s accumulation of material goods with their neighbors. And not… Read More
2019-11-20 10:00
Unlike most of my other blog posts, I was having a difficult time figuring out a way of making this post on why it is important to think win win relatable, memorable, and entertaining. … Read More
2019-11-18 10:00
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Byron Wien, he is an American investor and vice chairman of Blackstone Advisory Partners. He is known for publishing every year a list of 10 surprise… Read More
2019-11-15 10:00
I am going to start this blog post by taking you back to a weekend back in 2010 when my sister and her husband paid a visit to South Florida to visit yours truly. I believe by that time they… Read More
2019-11-13 16:11
You may be familiar with the ‘Double a Penny’ analogy. It goes as follows, would you rather take $1 million dollars now or take a penny and double it every day for 30 days?… Read More
2019-11-11 16:11
For those of you who experienced the end of daylight savings time (DST) this past weekend, you may have been thrilled to get an extra hour of sleep! Personally, I was up at the same ti… Read More
2019-11-08 16:11
I won’t be offended (or surprised) if you bookmark this blog post and read it later. I’m sure there is a very important reason why you are going to give in to procrastination and… Read More
2019-11-06 10:00
I was having a conversation with a friend of mine about the blog the other day when she half-jokingly said, “I bet there aren’t any business tools or philosophies that you have a… Read More
2019-11-04 16:11
Learning about how condoms are made via a process called time batching will teach you how to be insanely more productive. I promise! Yup, that’s right, I said it! “This dud… Read More
2019-10-31 10:00
Today’s post is all about bad first impressions and more importantly, how to overcome a bad first impression. Let’s face it, many of us have done things in our lives that have ca… Read More
2019-10-30 10:00
Decisions, decisions – it seems like every day we are faced with a bunch of them. From major decisions such as which house or car to buy to more minor ones like deciding between bowlin… Read More
2019-10-29 10:00
It is when times are tough and when stuff happens that you really get a chance to see what people are made of. You get a chance to see who steps up and keeps things secure for those ar… Read More
2019-10-10 10:00
If you go back throughout history and look at some of the most successful people ever, there is one thing they have in common. From Michaelangelo to Amelia Earhart to Michael Jordan to Steve… Read More
2019-10-09 10:00
Have you ever noticed how great it feels when someone you have only met once calls you by your first name the next time you see them? For me, it is the one thing that someone can do th… Read More
2019-10-08 10:00
Anyone who was around back in the late 1970s will remember the TV advertisements for Ginsu knives. The ads paved the way for today’s infommercials by telling you all about the amazing… Read More
2019-10-07 10:00
If you think about it, our brains are kind of like our favorite dogs, they obey us and do whatever they can to please us. If we tell them to focus hard on a certain task for 5 hours straight… Read More
2019-10-02 10:00
Have you ever heard the idiom, “beating around the bush?”. If you are not familiar with it, it basically means not getting to the point or avoiding the bottom line in a con… Read More
2019-10-01 10:00
Not only was Michael Jordan known as arguably the best basketball player of all time, but he was also known as one of the best trash talkers of all time! While you may think that Jorda… Read More
2019-09-30 10:00
I was recently reading a New York Times article about unlikely friendships between animals of different species. And it is truly amazing how they used something that is known as the friendsh… Read More
2019-09-26 10:00
I have always been a big proponent of creating routines in my life to streamline things and save my brainpower and creativity for the more important stuff. But not until recently, did… Read More
2019-09-25 10:00
One of the most famous speeches in American history almost never happened and the only reason it did was that its orator knew how to improvise. That’s right, were it not for improvisat… Read More
2019-09-24 10:00
Yogi Berra was an American professional baseball player, who later in his career assumed the roles of manager and coach. Amazingly, Berra was known as much for his witty quotes as he was for… Read More
2019-09-23 10:00
Like most Canadian kids who grew up in the “Great White North”, not only did I say “eh” and “aboot” a lot but I also idolized Wayne Gretzky. Gretzky… Read More
2019-09-19 10:00
“Can a single number change your life?” According to Kevin Kruse, author of 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management, the answer is “yes” and the numbe… Read More
2019-09-18 10:00
Many of us have heard Aesop’s fable regarding the story of “The Hare & the Tortoise”. If you have not, it goes like this: “A Hare was making fun of the Tort… Read More
2019-09-17 10:00
As an old boss of mine used to say, borrowing from Ken Blanchard, “None of us is as smart as all of us.” To me, that sums up perfectly one of the reasons that we should try to le… Read More
2019-09-16 10:00
Who knew that the feeling of being uncomfortable could be turned into a business? Until recently, I would have not believed it, that is until a few weeks ago when I stumbled across a Yo… Read More
2019-09-13 09:00
Many of us create our own obstacles to happiness that really don’t make sense. These often take the form of reasons or excuses that we give ourselves that prevent our happiness. One of… Read More
2019-09-12 10:00
Within the past year, I was a little desperate to figure out how to fall back asleep upon being woken in the middle of the night. So, I set out to do some research to see if I could find the… Read More
2019-09-11 10:00
These days it seems like distractions are everywhere – texts, tweets, Facebook posts, alerts – you name it! But while we may think that distractions are a recent phenomenon, rest… Read More
2019-09-10 10:00
I am sure that most, if not all of us, were told when we were younger that it is rude to interrupt! And while I could not agree more, there are times when it is not only appropriate bu… Read More
2019-09-05 10:00
Just so we are clear, when I use the word sponsor in this blog post as in sponsor vs. mentor, I am referring to the senior-level executive who is invested in a protégé’s… Read More
2019-09-04 10:00
Let’s start this blog post on the importance of being humble with the story of “Lola the Whale”: “Lola the Whale was big – very big – and lonely &nd&hell…Read More
2019-09-03 10:00
Those who live in the United States of America work way too many hours. And if you don’t believe me, check this out: There are at least 134 countries that set a maximum number o… Read More
2019-08-29 10:00
Cold showers! Many of you may be familiar with the saying “go take a cold shower!” The Cambridge dictionary defines the popular saying as follows: “an expressio… Read More
2019-08-28 10:00
Those of you who are professional football fans may be familiar with the mess of an organization that is (or should I say ‘was’) the Cleveland Browns. The Browns have been the la… Read More
2019-08-27 10:00
I must admit when I saw the title of the book that inspired this blog post in my Scribd feed, I was a little skeptical. The title of the book is called The Luck Factor and I thoug… Read More
2019-08-26 11:00
With the proliferation of the internet and social media, it is amazing how many people share so much of their personal lives with people they barely know on Facebook, Instagram, and other so… Read More
2019-08-22 10:00
Out for a walk on a lovely summer morning, Barney is waiting to cross a busy road. He expects to only have to wait a minute or so, but 3 minutes later there he is…still waiting… Read More
2019-08-21 10:00
Seeing how this blog post is about coffee shop productivity, it may be a little ironic that I am writing it from a Starbucks. However, I do find that I am at my most productive when I am wor… Read More
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