LIFE TIP: You gotta RISK IT to get the BRISKET!

A study was done with 1000 senior citizens, all of whom were once successful business people in leading companies. Almost all the senior citizens said the same thing: If they had to do it all over again, they would have TAKEN MORE RISKS. Almost all spoke about how just being busy from business simply made them numb. Their “aliveness” came from learning, growing, stretching, exploring -- RISKING. We can all benefit from adding more risk to our lives. TODAY DO SOMETHING RISKY AT WORK AND RISKY IN LOVE! (Oh...and YES doing something FRISKY in love counts as RISKY too!). Your goal for today: SURPRISE OTHERS! SURPRISE YOURSELF! "Most of us go to our graves with our music still inside us,” said Oliver Holmes. Are you listening to your inner music, dancing to your own beat, singing loudly in the car/shower? If not, WHY NOT? And if not NOW ...then WHEN?

HAPPINESS TIP: You gotta let love ripen!

As my buddy Aristotle once said: “Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow, ripening fruit.” Yup. How true. And not only with friendship, but ALL KINDS OF LOVE: the love of a CAREER and the love of a PARAMOUR. I think Phil Collins was channeling Aristotle when he sang: "My mama said You can't hurry love No, you'll just have to wait. She said love don't come easy. But it's a game of give and take. You can't hurry love. No, you'll just have to wait. Just trust in a good time. No matter how long it takes." Ditto with Janet Jackson: "There’s something I want to tell you. There’s something I think that you should know. It’s not that I shouldn’t really love you. Let’s take it slow." REMEMBER: In today's speeded-up, channel-surfing, caffeine-slugging, now-NOW- NOW culture, we can often find ourselves desiring immediate gratification. BUT that's as foolish as biting into a green banana. LET LOVE RIPEN ...mmm...and THAT"S where REAL gratification comes in.

CAREER TIP: Make sure people hear your tree falling!

When something goes well in your career, let folks know. After all, a good career story heard has much more career momentum than a good career story never heard. FOR EXAMPLE: Now would be the time to let you all know I'm in today's Gothamist... Check out my interview. And I'm going to be starting to write a career column for AM-NY a newspaper here in NY...so be on the look-out fot that too! In summary: When a tree falls, grab as many apples as you can, and give them to as many people as you can!

CAREER TIP: Yo! No footprints on the face!

Bend with the times. Bend with people. But don’t bend your standards and ethics. In summary: Make a deal with yourself. No footprints on the face. Yours…or anyone else’s!

CAREER TIP: The world is constantly changing. Don’t forget to change with the world.

You must always be asking yourself: Where are people buying widgets these days? Has distribution shifted? Are there newer, better widgets out there? Are there new materials and/or technology? In summary: Your widget might be good…but in this speedily shifting world, good has an expiration date.