by Mark O'Brien | Jul 10, 2015
I’ve discovered yet another reminder that I’m going about everything all wrong. I’m the kind of guy who takes seriously the U.S. Army commercials about being the best you can be. I suffer with a chronically stiff neck from setting my sights too high....
by Mark O'Brien | Jul 9, 2015
After I got through the promo for his new book — and his seven-minute video — I read a LinkedIn post Tuesday from Marshall Goldsmith. Marshall’s famous. If he isn’t, he should be. It’s also possible he thinks he is — or thinks he should be. I’m...
by Mark O'Brien | Jul 8, 2015
My recent post, An Unhappy Medium, spawned an exchange of thoughts with a colleague, Brent Robertson. Since that exchange expanded some of the notions presented in the post, I share excerpts from it here for your reading pleasure: Brent: I just had this conversation...
by Mark O'Brien | Jul 7, 2015
I don’t mean to appear skeptical or disrespectful. And I certainly don’t mean to cast aspersions or to judge (God forbid). But I do have some questions about the claims of alien abductees to have had rectal probes. My curiosity is, of course, purely...
by Mark O'Brien | Jul 6, 2015
This is going to disappoint a lot of people. I’m sorry. It can’t be helped. Sometimes I feel like a professional bearer of bad news. And this news is less popular than most: Marketing people aren’t clairvoyant. There. I’ve said (typed) it. Now...