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Kick Your Ass Idea #139 – Avoid Discomfort

It’s important to remember that if it doesn’t feel right, there’s a good chance it isn’t!

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Kick Your Ass Idea #138 – Specialize

If you really want a way to get your ass into gear and to keep it there, specialize. Choose a profession, hobby or pastime that’s very specific, then set out to do everything that can be done, to learn everything that can be learned, within that specialty. Year in and

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Kick Your Ass Idea #137 – SMILE!

Even if you don’t feel like it. C’mon. You KNOW you want that banana.

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Kick Your Ass Idea #136 – Emulate Yoda

Don’t run to your momma and tell her the experts at KYA said she should buy you a light saber! Everyone knows light sabers don’t exist. Unless you’re a jedi, like we are. And then, they’re only available at ‘Jedis-R-Us’ and they’re very, very expensive. But if you really wanna

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Kick Your Ass Idea #135 – Make Uncommon Friends

Is it weird to talk about another book on website devoted to a book? I don’t care. The book “Uncommon Friends” kicked my asterisk in ways I didn’t expect. Here’s why.

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Kick Your Ass Idea #134 – Look Up!

Are you as effective as you want to be? No? Is your business thriving? Not the way you’d like it to be? Are your friendships positive, productive, and rewarding? Nope? It may be time for you to stop looking down. It may be time to learn how to start looking

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Kick Your Ass Idea #133 – DREAM!

You got to have a dream. If you don’t have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?

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Kick Your Ass Idea #132 – Seek the Truth

In this season of political acrimony and persiflage (don’t worry, I had to look it up, too. It means “light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter”) it’s easy to get bogged down worrying about what the lunatics who want to run America are going to say next. TV and radio

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Kick Your Ass Idea #131 – What Do I Look Like, a Comedian?

When you’re having trouble getting in the mood to work, try telling a few jokes. If they’re good enough, you’ll find yourself motivated and in the mood to take action. If they’re bad enough, you’ll get to work just to stop hearing yourself talk! Two guys are walking down the

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Kick Your Ass Idea #130 – Make a Molehill Out of a Mountain

Next time you find yourself doubting what you can do on your own, think about Dashrath Manjhi, who literally moved a mountain by himself.

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