What???? No rants????? AND news about the FREE upcoming event

May 20, 2008 | 11 Comments

Sorry for the delay in writing a new rant.  I just closed the deal on my next book and have a short deadline so I am pounding away at the computer every free minute!  The new book will be called:  People Are Idiots and I Can Prove It!   I think you will like this one if you have liked my other stuff.  And if you didn’t like my other stuff, then I promise you will HATE this one.  While this title appears to be my most obnoxious (and it probably is) I can assure you that this book has more “how-to” meat in it than any other book  I have written.  I like this book and can’t wait to get the rest of my ideas down on paper.  So when you add the writing to the fact that I have been speaking all over the country a lot ——-  plus I am in the midst of shooting 3 new Hyundai commercials plus an interactive internet campaign and some radio ——— plus I am releasing a new series on Customer Service as part of the Masterminds of Business Series (more on that soon)  ——– plus I am trying to eek out a small time for a life ——-  that hasn’t left much time for any rants! Hang in with me - I have some rants building and will be posting plenty soon!   By the way, the PBS special is booked and it will be shot in Phoenix on July 19th.   More information about time and location will  be announced soon.  I fought for a BIG event location which is not something that PBS normally does - but then again, I’m not what they normally do either!  But that means that there should be plenty enough seats for anyone who wants to attend.  There is no admission like I would normally charge since I am shooting the TV special.  The theme will be based on my last book, You’re Broke Because You Want To Be and the shooting will last about two hours.  I’ll stay and take questions from the crowd and sign books, etc. for all those who attend.  So if you can come, we would love to have you there! Larry 

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ATTACK !!!!! But what should we attack?

May 4, 2008 | 9 Comments

I get accused of being a bit of an attack dog when it comes to most things.  After all, I did trademark, The Pitbull of Personal Development®.  I even encourage others to become pitbulls in their own way.  But people often get confused by my style and miss my message.  Therefore, some people consider my attacks to be either rude, condescending, or personal.  I can assure you that is not the case.  I never want to attack another human being on a personal level.  I do, however, feel I have the right to attack the behavior of individuals.

I recently watched a segment of 60 Minutes with Supreme Court Justice Scalia.  Justice Scalia, (by the way, I don’t agree with his positions very often) was talking about his very close friend, Justice Ginsberg and how they have such an unlikely friendship.  After all, you have Scalia, a true conservative and Ginsberg, a liberal.  He said, “I attack ideas, not people, and there are very good people with very bad ideas.”  I like that.  I hope I do the same.  At least that is my intent: I want the ability to rise above behavior and enjoy people while still being able to consider that their actions are stupid, detrimental, idiotic, rude and sometimes, even insane!!!

I covered this is my book, “It’s Called Work For A Reason.”  By the way, if you haven’t bought that book, stop and do it.  If you agree with anything I say, then you will enjoy that book.  It’s my best stuff.  Yeah, I like Shut Up, Stop Whining & Get A Life.  I like the title better than the book though.  It’s good and a lot of people have responded well to it and it still sells very well.  And if you are in debt or having money problems, I feel very good about my efforts in You’re Broke Because You Want To Be.  It is full of simple things that anyone can do the day they buy the book to begin to turn their financial situation around for the better.  However, my best stuff all ’round, is in It’s Called Work For A Reason.  It covers every area of business but most importantly talks about personal responsibility when it comes to the workplace.  I think every person in the workforce could learn something from it, from the janitor to the CEO. Okay, enough pushing the book, now let me push my point!  When you have an employee, you have the right to both monitor and enforce your position about that employee’s behavior.  If you don’t like the behavior, you can attack it and correct it and work on that behavior until you get it the way you want it to be, after all, you are paying for it.  If you can’t fix the behavior, I think the employee should be fired so they can go someplace where their behavior fits the job better than it did for you.  But I want to make sure that it is about the behavior. It is not about the employee.  If you don’t like the person, that is not part of the deal, you aren’t paying for their personality.  You are paying for that person’s results . . . period.  Manage and judge the worth of an employee based on their results - not their personality.  (Yes, sometimes personality can effect results - that if for a different posting!!)

The same applies to your children.  When your kid messes up (and they will) you don’t attack the kid.  You simply attack the kid’s behavior.  As with everyone else in your family.  Good people do stupid, idiotic things.  Attack the action; the behavior, the result, but not the person.

So as you read my musings…realize that my attacks are meant to be about the behavior of people.  That is what my next book is all going to be about - an attack on the ridiculously stupid behaviors of people…but more on that as we get closer to release time!  But let me say this:  If you like my other titles were controversial, this one will give people palpitations.  I am working on it now and you will see the book on the shelves, right after the first of the year.

To summarize:

1.  Attack behavior - you have the right - especially if it effects you,  if you are paying for it, or if you brought it into this world.

2.  If you don’t own It’s Called Work For A Reason, leave this posting now and buy it!  It is available in hardback, paperback and on audio (read by me!)

Thanks for reading and have a great week!

Larry

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