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June 30, 2014
Betsy Powell: Expert advice on how Rob Ford can get his second chance
From Betsy Power of the Toronto Star:
Jonathan Miller
Hi, I’m Rob. And I’m a recovering politician.
When Toronto’s world famous mayor leaves rehab and returns to city hall and the campaign trail Monday,Rob Fordmight want to get his hands onThe Recovering Politician’s Twelve Step Program to Survive Crisis, a 2013 book edited by Jonathan Miller, a former state treasurer of Kentucky. (His editor’s note opens with that take on the well-known Alcoholics Anonymous’ salutation.)
The book includes contri...
Saul Kaplan: 100 Calorie Bite Size Snacks
One of the great things about having the kids around the house this summer is the temporary return of snack food. But this summer is different; the snacks are all lined up in the cupboard in 100-calorie bite size packages. As if the packaging alone will ensure portion control and make snacking consistent with our attempts at healthy living. Of course it only works if you stop with one 100-calorie package, which I seldom do. While snacking I have been thinking about the idea of bite size packa...
June 29, 2014
Video of The RP’s 30 Minute Training Session with Jim Fannin prior to the World Series of Poker
As The RP heads to Vegas for a return trip to play in he World Series of Poker (read here about his improbable journey to the 2012 Final Table), he talks to his friend — and nationally-renowned mental fitness coach –Jim Fannin for some critical pre-tourney advice.
Jim’s advice about how The RP can get “into the zone” — a strategy that Fannin has used to advice some of the world’s most famous professional athletes — can help you better yourself at poker…and in any other aspect of life.
June 28, 2014
Welcome Canadian Visitors to The Recovering Politician
If you are one of the thousands of new visitors to the sitejoining us viathe Rob Ford profile in the Toronto Star, welcome!
While you are here, we encourage you to surf through The Recovering Politician, a web site dedicated to civil dialogue, led by those who’ve served in the political arena and now are using their experiences to offer lessons to fix our political system. Here’s a sampling of some of ourmost popular posts and contributors:
We’ll start with The RPbecause, well…uh…hepaid for tha...
June 27, 2014
John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Ease and Comfort
I am all for ease and comfort. I am a fan of both, in fact.
But an irtitating feature in new cars is that every time the driver plops into the driver seat, the seat begins moving automatically to “self adjust” into just the right position for the driver.
The entire experience starts and ends in about 4 seconds and is supposed to be some sort of luxury addition. But it scares me every time I get in my car and I then wait impatiently as I am manuevered electronicly back and for…th until I am deli...
Julie Rath: Reader Question – Versatile Briefcase
Question:Hey Rath & Co! I see that you have some fun backpack recommendations…how about a nice, professional, hip, not-too-expensive briefcase? Big enough to carry a laptop, cute enough for after-work drinks and nice enough for an interview. Thoughts? -Arielle (on behalf of boyfriend)
Answer:Hey Arielle (+ boyfriend),
Here are three briefcase-type bags that I love and that fit your criteria. Note that you don’t want to go too inexpensive with something like this because you’ll be carrying your...
June 26, 2014
John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Self-Help Books
So let me tell you about what I’ve been reading lately –not!
If you frequently drive around clients in your car, you have to be careful not to leave every self-help book you happen to be reading in plain sight in the back seat.
Clients sitting in the back seat will notice them even if you tell yourself “Oh, they probably didn’t see that.”
And they will either make an unflattering assumption about you or ask to borrow the book from you. Neither of which is desireable.
It is much better if I client...
Help End the War About Coal: Support Rebuilding West Liberty, Kentucky
I just returned from the Clinton Global Initiative America summit in Denver, where I saw an old friend (see pictures spanning 20 years), and spoke about an initiative that is already uniting both “Friends of Coal” and passionate environmentalists:
Rebuilding West Liberty, Kentucky
As I discussed inthis op-edin today’s LouisvilleCourier-Journal, Rebuilding West Liberty,a project announced this week as a Clinton Global Initiative America Commitment to Action, is a multi-faceted approach to redeve...
Josh Bowen: 12 Hints to Hiring a Personal Trainer
You may decide one day to work with a personal trainer, like myself. It potentially could be the best decision you have ever made. However, it does require you do a little homework. No different than any profession, there are some great ones and then there are some not so great ones. Sometimes it falls down to a matter of personality and preference.
*insert from my book12 Steps to Fitness Freedomavailable now on Amazon in paperback and e-book.
1. Know what you are looking for
Hopefully this book...
June 25, 2014
John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Friends
Comforting thoughts…Friends are great.
A few years ago I began griping about aging causing my memory to fade. But when I was sharing this concern with a good friend who has known me for many years, he wasn’t terribly sympathetic.
Finally, after about the third time I was whining to him about my memory loss, he chimed in abruptly –but constructively–”You know, John, you were never all thatsmart to begin with. I think part of the problem is you are imagining that you had a much better memory than...
