14 March 2015. Milan, Italy A few days after my getting murdered: scare (and by “getting murdered: scare” I mean “me being an idiot”), I found myself at Teatro EDI Barrio’s, south of the Milan capital. I had just finished: watching an improv show which had been a lot of fun.: It was entirely in Italian, which I know […]
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13 March 2015. Monza, Italy The sun had finished it’s job for the day as the night sky overtook: Monza. Paola: and I were walking along the Royal Villa of Monza, an enormous building that once served as the home of the royal family of Savoia. That is until King Humbert I was murdered there. Paola had
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11 March 2015. Geneva, Switzerland I looked out: over the empty row of seats. The lights were down, and the title of my presentation displayed: on the screen in big, bold, blue letters,: “The Humor Mindset.” I had just finished a technical run through for a talk I was giving tomorrow, as part of an internal TEDx event
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08 March 2015 The last few people were leaving the upstairs bar at The Three Monkeys in NYC. My “was-maybe-going-to-be-a-surprise-but-was-easier-to-just-tell-me” Going Away Party had wrapped up and my friends had headed home. Mike, an incredibly talented improviser, funny stand-up comedian, and all around great guy had organized the event as a celebration of me leaving
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I stood: looking at my nearly empty apartment. The date was: 01 March 2015. The only thing remaining in the place I called home for four years were: the last few things I’d be taking with me to Ohio and a bit of garbage. Outside, the snow was starting to fall. At first a light flurry and then
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One of the questions that people first ask when they find out about my nomadic adventure is, “Are you crazy?”: The second question is “What are you doing with all of your stuff?” This always reminds me of George Carlin’s bit on stuff (warning NSFW language): The Stuff I Own To determine how much stuff I
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On March 1, 2015, I started a nomadic journey, leaving my place in New York to reside pretty much anywhere in the world. This is my travel log as a corporate nomad.
My last day at P&G was June 30, 2012. Since then, I’ve worked for myself, building and growing Humor That Works. I’ve worked with phenomenal organizations, have met some incredible people, and talked about a wide variety of topics. I’ve also traveled a ton. Last year alone I spent 94 nights on the road and
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Since 2008 I’ve called NYC my home. But in 2012, I left my comfy corporate job: to start my own business, with the mission to teach people how to enjoy their work more while doing it better. Over the course of working with thousands of people at hundreds of organizations, I’ve traveled to 22 states, 9
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