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Lesson #2: Being Stubborn Is Fair Play On The Road To Success
“You know, I’m lucky enough that I’m just sort of stubborn and sort of immature,” says McFarlane. “That thought of, ‘Todd, how come you’re successful?’ never occurred to me. I don’t listen to anybody. I’m like a five year old kid. I’ll hold my breath if I don’t get my way, and it served me.”

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Hugh Hefner Roast
In 2001, just weeks after the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001, the New York Friars Club went ahead with its scheduled Hugh Hefner Roast. The Friars Club is a club located in New York City, which has become famous for its risqué roasts of celebrities. It was founded in 1904, and has since roasted such notable celebrities as Milton Berle, Sammy Davis, Jr., George Burns, Johnny Carson, Nat ‘King’ Cole, Harry Belafonte, Jerry Lewis, Chevy Chase, Richard Pryor, Pamela Anderson, and Donald Trump. In recent years, their roasts have been televised on Comedy Central, and members of the public have even been invited to attend the live tapings.

Get Smart - Offer a Proposal
Remember Maxwell Smart from the 1960’s comedy series Get Smart! When he was in a bind, caught by the baddies, he would often start off his explanation by saying “Would you believe…” in an effort to convince his enemies that – although he was captured and possibly facing torture - he had the upper hand. How do you handle the situation when you are facing clients, and they expect you to make them an offer? Do you simply say, “I’ll give you a quote”. This can often be the ‘kiss of death’ for your sales efforts.

Laughter
Laughter is a great stress reducer. If you have never read Norman Cousins’ account of his experience of self-healing as described in Anatomy of an Illness, I encourage you to do so. When diagnosed with an incurable illness, he brought a movie projector into his hospital room and watched reel after reel of old classic comedy movies, laughing himself into hysterics. He found he could relieve his otherwise significant pain on a consistent basis through laughter. That practice, along with some other novel therapies, resulted in his healing. He left his prestigious journalistic career and taught on the faculty of a major medical school about the power of the mind and emotions in healing the body of disease.
WHY YOU MUST THINK BIG…AND SMALL ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS FOR SUCCESS
Steve Martin’s first huge comedy album was called, “Let’s Get Small.” I think that title is actually great advice for a business, particularly a big company. Because I find that the bigger they are, the worse they are at the small, but really important things that make it easier to do a deal with them. And I was just reminded of that fact recently.
Career Development Monty Python Style
So what do a doctor, lawyer, historian, graphic artist, English teacher, and script writer have in common? They are the original professions of the members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus comedy team!
How to Sue A Telemarketer by Stephen Ostrow, Esquire
How To Sue A Telemarketer: A Manual For Restoring Peace On Earth One Phone Call At A Time is a tongue-in-cheek manual that shows the average citizen how they can fight back against a telemarketer by taking them to small-claims court. Half humorous and half how-to, the book combines comedy with savvy information about the legal system and step-by-step instructions on how businesses and consumers can take telemarketers to task. Are you interested in learning the professional way to handle telemarketers and what to do when they break the rules? Then read on for details.

The Brain on Teambuilding
Two companies booked the same beautiful park for their team buiding exercises, what happens next is what makes great comedy.
Leadership Tips: How to Spot Many Forms of Anger
Did you ever see anyone have a "purple fit"? That's when they bang their fists on a desk, sputter and spew, turn various shades of pink and red and either storm out of the room or demand that someone else make a quick exit. It's pretty easy to spot. If it's a boss you usually suck it up, tell a few friends in a whispered "wait till you hear this" manner. Often it produces some good comedy routines a la Jon Stewart, and then it's back to business as usual.

Sales Courage and Resilience
We went to the movie, We Bought a Zoo and while it wasn't the comedy we expected it to be, it did have this: 20 seconds of courage.

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