Anyone who has seen Jim Carrey’s commencement address at the Maharishi University of Management received a great lesson on how to start a speech.
There are tons of reasons for being in a crappy mood. Stubbing your toe, your dog doing his business on the kitchen floor, having financial issues, dealing with health problems, to name a few, can all make us sad and bring us down.
Back in college, me, and my football buddies had an interesting way of settling ALL our disputes (like who was getting the next round of beers) and making ALL our important decisions (like who was going and taking notes at the 8 am class for all of us).
Several years ago, in a previous career, I needed to hire a project manager for my team. So, after sifting through a pile of resumes sent to me by HR, I narrowed it down to a manageable list.
Until I did some research on him, I had no idea that former United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower was an avid painter. Apparently, he took up the hobby after being encouraged to do so by Winston Churchill, which resulted in him making over 250 paintings.