What Top Chefs Can Teach You About Being A Better Professional

I had a strong revelation recently, it started when I was reading Kitchen Confidential and culminated during a conversation I had with a head chef at a notorious restaurant down here in big hair country.

It was mentioned that,

You can teach someone to do anything, but you can’t teach character.

My head practically splintered open when I [...]

How to Make Shit Happen

Step 1

Decide what you want in life

Step 2

Figure out what steps need to be taken to make your dream a reality

Step 3

Make a commitment to yourself and everyone within earshot that you are going to perform action X until you receive result Y.

Step 4

Further to strengthen your resolve by telling those closest the pending self [...]

Growing Pains

Remember when you pondered how it would feel to grow to be as tall as your mom or dad?

You feared that one night, while you were sleeping, you would be attacked by some rabid growth monster and forced to dawn blue jeans and dress shirts and begin to complain how your coffee wasn’t damn near [...]

You are Worthy, My Son

Ever see those kunfu movies from the 70s and early 80s? You know, the ones where the lip synching makes the actors sound like they have a speech impediment akin to Slingblade?

Those movies were damn awful, except for the ones with Bruce Lee because he is quite awesome

There was one cool aspect to those movies [...]

Death by Productivity

I have noticed a very perverse trend in the world of self improvement recently

No its not more people trying to sell on the idea that all you need to be rich is to constantly fantasize about having a pool of money with a bunch of naked chicks dancing around it

Being productive

Awesome concept in theory, basically [...]