Comments for Trina Hess Humorist Speaker Blog http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog Humor Resources so you can Live Life--Lite! Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:51:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on So This Humor Stuff Really IS Useful?? by mtomsho http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/2010/05/20/so-this-humor-stuff-really-is-useful/#comment-80 mtomsho Thu, 20 May 2010 21:09:43 +0000 http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/?p=2135#comment-80 Trina, I love the sentiment in the article, and in your post. Unfortunately I believe a large number of CEOs are only giving this lip service. Innovation and creativity are largely discouraged at companies (at least once they become successful). Creativity and innovation can result in failures. Disruption is the LAST thing most managers want (one of the reasons I am no longer a corporate creature ;-) ). Which is a shame - the most dangerous words in business are "that's the way we've always done it." Maintaining the status quo is a sure fire way to blazing a trail to oblivion. Matt http://mjtomsho.com/blog Trina, I love the sentiment in the article, and in your post. Unfortunately I believe a large number of CEOs are only giving this lip service. Innovation and creativity are largely discouraged at companies (at least once they become successful). Creativity and innovation can result in failures. Disruption is the LAST thing most managers want (one of the reasons I am no longer a corporate creature ;-) ). Which is a shame - the most dangerous words in business are “that’s the way we’ve always done it.” Maintaining the status quo is a sure fire way to blazing a trail to oblivion.

Matt
http://mjtomsho.com/blog

]]> Comment on How Far Is TOO Far? by mtomsho http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/2010/04/05/how-far-is-too-far/#comment-62 mtomsho Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:46:32 +0000 http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/?p=1900#comment-62 Unfortunately, humor, much like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. When everyone has a line you should not cross, it is difficult to draw a single bright line. How far is too far? It is situational, so I try to adjust my humor to the crowd I am with. There may be times I take a step too far, but I believe it is too important to, as you say, "honor our humorous nature" or, as I might alternatively say, bring as much laughter into the world as possible, to not risk it. Matt Tomsho (http://mjtomsho.com/blog) Unfortunately, humor, much like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. When everyone has a line you should not cross, it is difficult to draw a single bright line. How far is too far? It is situational, so I try to adjust my humor to the crowd I am with. There may be times I take a step too far, but I believe it is too important to, as you say, “honor our humorous nature” or, as I might alternatively say, bring as much laughter into the world as possible, to not risk it.

Matt Tomsho (http://mjtomsho.com/blog)

]]> Comment on Health Care ~ Are You Persuaded (Yet?) by mtomsho http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/2010/03/24/health-care-are-you-persuaded-yet/#comment-59 mtomsho Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:46:07 +0000 http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/?p=1857#comment-59 As Stephen Covey said, "seek to understand, then to be understood". Unfortunately, it seems that so often now we seek to "win" rather than engage. I miss conversations where at various points during the discussion participants say "OK, I see your point..." and let the conversation flow down a completely new direction. These days I seem to have those so rarely. The concept of respecting another's viewpoint while, still alive, is buried in anger and noise way too often. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone could recognize there are three sides to every story: Your side, My side, and Reality, which is somewhere in-between. Matt Tomsho As Stephen Covey said, “seek to understand, then to be understood”. Unfortunately, it seems that so often now we seek to “win” rather than engage. I miss conversations where at various points during the discussion participants say “OK, I see your point…” and let the conversation flow down a completely new direction. These days I seem to have those so rarely. The concept of respecting another’s viewpoint while, still alive, is buried in anger and noise way too often.

Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone could recognize there are three sides to every story: Your side, My side, and Reality, which is somewhere in-between.

Matt Tomsho

]]> Comment on HumoR Resources by Pixton http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/2010/03/13/humor-resources/#comment-58 Pixton Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:17:44 +0000 http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/?p=1790#comment-58 Comics are a great tool for learning in the classroom. We invite you to try out <a href="http://pixton.com" rel="nofollow">Pixton</a>, a click-n-drag easy comic creator with movable characters! Your students will love it. Thanks, Clive Comics are a great tool for learning in the classroom. We invite you to try out Pixton, a click-n-drag easy comic creator with movable characters! Your students will love it.

Thanks, Clive

]]> Comment on Happy Groundhog Day! by Administrator http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/2010/02/03/happy-groundhog-day/#comment-57 Administrator Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:12:36 +0000 http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/?p=1539#comment-57 That's not Bill Murray on the right--wish it were! He was there an hour after my grandma and I left the scene in '93. That's the year he was in Punxsy researching his role for the Groundhog Day movie. We missed him by one hour! That’s not Bill Murray on the right–wish it were!
He was there an hour after my grandma and I left the scene in ‘93. That’s the year he was in Punxsy researching his role for the Groundhog Day movie. We missed him by one hour!

]]> Comment on Balance In Motion by Administrator http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/2010/01/25/balance-in-motion/#comment-56 Administrator Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:58:38 +0000 http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/?p=1477#comment-56 That hill was Very steep. Looks flat on camera. That hill was Very steep. Looks flat on camera.

]]> Comment on Are YOU Mashable? by Administrator http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/2010/01/22/are-you-mashable/#comment-55 Administrator Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:43:43 +0000 http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/?p=1466#comment-55 www.komando.com is Kim's website. It's rife with technological help and new inventions. http://www.komando.com is Kim’s website. It’s rife with technological help and new inventions.

]]> Comment on Are YOU Mashable? by Administrator http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/2010/01/22/are-you-mashable/#comment-54 Administrator Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:42:40 +0000 http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/?p=1466#comment-54 ...and here's something Kim Komando wrote in her blog about not making family members look fat in photos: "Family photos are kinda like predictions. Take lots of them. Hopefully, one will come out OK." Start your own collection of mashables today! …and here’s something Kim Komando wrote in her blog about not making family members look fat in photos:
“Family photos are kinda like predictions. Take lots of them. Hopefully, one will come out OK.”
Start your own collection of mashables today!

]]> Comment on Are YOU Mashable? by Administrator http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/2010/01/22/are-you-mashable/#comment-53 Administrator Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:39:01 +0000 http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/?p=1466#comment-53 Just read about the Wizard Academy in Austin: "Traditional business schools teach you to wait until all the data is available. We teach you how to make the right decision before all the data is available. The big fish are no longer eating the little fish. The fast fish are eating the slow. We teach you how to be the fast fish." https://wizardacademy.org/scripts/default.asp Just read about the Wizard Academy in Austin:
“Traditional business schools teach you to wait until all the data is available.
We teach you how to make the right decision before all the data is available.

The big fish are no longer eating the little fish. The fast fish are eating the slow.
We teach you how to be the fast fish.”
https://wizardacademy.org/scripts/default.asp

]]> Comment on What’s So Funny About the G-20??!! by c1smith http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/2009/09/25/whats-so-funny-about-the-g-20/#comment-48 c1smith Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:33:17 +0000 http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog/?p=818#comment-48 Absoutely! World culture is changing, the way countries do business is changing. These changes are unpredictable. My celebration of G-20 is to applaud the inclusion of developing countries and laugh at all the surprises and confusion. Absoutely! World culture is changing, the way countries do business is changing. These changes are unpredictable. My celebration of G-20 is to applaud the inclusion of developing countries and laugh at all the surprises and confusion.

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