Latest "Attitude Adjustment" Posts

Here’s the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Sometimes I don’t practice what I preach. There, I said it and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Yes, I know, I’m a funny motivational speaker and I should be able to walk the talk. For the most part I do, but sometimes I […]

A few years ago I spent four wonderful days at the Four Seasons Hotel in Kona Hawaii, where I had the pleasure of being the keynote speaker for a wonderful group of Top Sales Performers and spouses of a well-known financial group. My job was to give them the tools they need to embrace change […]

Here’s something to consider.  Let’s say your goal is to become a Vice President of a big company.  After many years of intense stress, worry and an avalanche of emotional, mental and physical overload, you finally achieve your goal, along with all the wealth and prestige that comes with it.  Is this success? If you […]

I would like to get something off my chest.  As many of you know, I am a Funny Motivational Speaker and my mission is to show people in business and in life how to be happy and successful, regardless of what their circumstances are.  Let me make this perfectly clear!  I am in no way […]

Did you know that studies have shown that those who make conscious choices to enjoy themselves and laugh throughout the day are more creative, productive and resilient to challenging situations?  They are also more likely to easily find solutions to complex problems.  In other words, focusing on your happiness makes you smarter.  How smart are […]

Allow me to let you in on a little secret. (No, it’s not Victoria’s Secret. Victoria really doesn’t have a secret. Have you ever seen the merchandise in that store?  It’s obvious the secret is pretty much revealed.) Are you ready? Here it is: Happiness is a choice, that’s it.  It’s a little secret, right? But, a great one. Happiness […]

Here’s something to consider.  Let’s say your goal is to become a Vice President of a big company.  After many years of intense stress, worry and an avalanche of emotional, mental and physical overload, you finally achieve your goal, along with all the wealth and prestige that comes with it.  Is this success?    If […]

Back in my stand-up comedy days, I’ve known many comics who put their happiness on hold. They had difficulty enjoying the process because they believed they wouldn’t be happy until they signed with HBO, got their own sitcom or movie deal, or whatever it was they thought would make them happy. I know—because I was […]

Rizz-O-Isms are “Attitude Adjustment Strategies” that will take you to a better place in Business and in Life. They are designed to help you to reduce stress, acquire a positive attitude and to create habits for success and happiness.

I sometimes tend to think of life as a battlefield–albeit, a metaphorical one — very different from the physical and mental horrors of war. Can anyone deny that bloodless battles rage around us every day, often fought against familiar enemies that loom from the past?  The cause of these everyday battle wounds vary: a bitter […]