Finally!
Here's a few minutes from
TEACH A MAN TO FISH!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
More pictures and video coming !
Hello!
I've got great pictures and videos from recent presentations coming. I hope that when you're browsing here, you'll find valuable information.
I've been working lately on my humorous presentation called "You Must Be Joking!"
I hope to have the opportunity to speak on a cruise ship this fall.
I hope I'll be presenting to your group soon!
I've got great pictures and videos from recent presentations coming. I hope that when you're browsing here, you'll find valuable information.
I've been working lately on my humorous presentation called "You Must Be Joking!"
I hope to have the opportunity to speak on a cruise ship this fall.
I hope I'll be presenting to your group soon!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Come to my presentation on July 10th!
Yes!
It's true!
On July 10th, at 1:30 pm, I'll be presenting:
"You must be Joking"
at the Centerville library.
It's going to be great. We'll talk about the right way and the wrong way to tell a joke. We'll talk about ways that an enhanced sense of humor can improve your social life, your career, and you intelligence.
And,
you'll have the opportunity to come up and share a joke and have your style analysed, or learn how to tell a joke.
It's going to be GREAT!
And while we're at it, here's a good joke:
A cowboy walks into a wild west saloon, sits down at the bar and asks for a shot of whiskey. The bartender serves him his whiskey and says,
"You hear about the Brown Paper Cowboy? Hung him they did."
The cowboy at the bar looks up and says
"Why do they call him the Brown Paper Cowboy?"
The bartender explains,
"They call him the Brown Paper Cowboy because all of his clothes are made of brown paper - his hat, his shirt, pants - even his chaps are made of brown paper."
The cowboy nods in recognition and asks,
"So why'd they hang him?"
The bartender replies,
"Rustlin'."
It's true!
On July 10th, at 1:30 pm, I'll be presenting:
"You must be Joking"
at the Centerville library.
It's going to be great. We'll talk about the right way and the wrong way to tell a joke. We'll talk about ways that an enhanced sense of humor can improve your social life, your career, and you intelligence.
And,
you'll have the opportunity to come up and share a joke and have your style analysed, or learn how to tell a joke.
It's going to be GREAT!
And while we're at it, here's a good joke:
A cowboy walks into a wild west saloon, sits down at the bar and asks for a shot of whiskey. The bartender serves him his whiskey and says,
"You hear about the Brown Paper Cowboy? Hung him they did."
The cowboy at the bar looks up and says
"Why do they call him the Brown Paper Cowboy?"
The bartender explains,
"They call him the Brown Paper Cowboy because all of his clothes are made of brown paper - his hat, his shirt, pants - even his chaps are made of brown paper."
The cowboy nods in recognition and asks,
"So why'd they hang him?"
The bartender replies,
"Rustlin'."
Friday, May 28, 2010
Beautiful day with the Las Vegas Central Rotary Club!
We talked about self sufficiency.
This is a wonderful club with a great spirit. The feeling of welcome among was a good feeling for me as soon as I arrived.
This club is focused on thier purpose.
Thoughts were shared on successful service projects and experiences that had helped people grow and achieve.
That's what "Teach a Man to Fish" is all about. Gestures and efforts that lift someone that maybe struggling, even a little, and the results change us all.
I really believe that when you learn something new, change your life for the better, or reach out to serve another, you've made the whole of the human race better. It's simple science. If we are all part of one great thing, the Human Race, then we all grow and improve when any one of us lifts or is lifted.
Lunch was great, the Country Club is very historic, and it was a WONDERFUL day over all!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
I'm back.
What a night last night!
I had my presentation, "Teach a Man to Fish" taped before an audience at the Bountiful library. Lisa Cena asked me to speak to her group, and I used the evening to have my talk taped.
I needed a good tape of my work to send to Bureaus and Agencies. You see, I'd really like to expand my speaking.
Troy Lanier came and did the taping. He's amazing. Very generous man. His video works is highly professional. He puts together a DVD every year for our high school swim team. He's at every meet, and tapes all the races. It means SO MUCH to our team!
I saw so many people I knew last night! I was overwelmed to greet so many old friends.
I have new stories that I'll be wanting to share here on this blog. And new jokes as well.
starting with this one:
A funeral service is being held for a woman who has just passed away. At the end of the service, the pallbearers are carrying the casket out when they accidentally bump into a wall, jarring the casket. They hear a faint moan. They open the casket and find that the woman is actually alive!!! She lives for ten more years, and then dies. Once again, a ceremony is held, and at the end of it, the pallbearers are again carrying out the casket. As they carry the casket towards the door, the husband cries out, 'Watch that wall!!!'
I had my presentation, "Teach a Man to Fish" taped before an audience at the Bountiful library. Lisa Cena asked me to speak to her group, and I used the evening to have my talk taped.
I needed a good tape of my work to send to Bureaus and Agencies. You see, I'd really like to expand my speaking.
Troy Lanier came and did the taping. He's amazing. Very generous man. His video works is highly professional. He puts together a DVD every year for our high school swim team. He's at every meet, and tapes all the races. It means SO MUCH to our team!
I saw so many people I knew last night! I was overwelmed to greet so many old friends.
I have new stories that I'll be wanting to share here on this blog. And new jokes as well.
starting with this one:
A funeral service is being held for a woman who has just passed away. At the end of the service, the pallbearers are carrying the casket out when they accidentally bump into a wall, jarring the casket. They hear a faint moan. They open the casket and find that the woman is actually alive!!! She lives for ten more years, and then dies. Once again, a ceremony is held, and at the end of it, the pallbearers are again carrying out the casket. As they carry the casket towards the door, the husband cries out, 'Watch that wall!!!'
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Choose Easy
We assume that hard things are better.
We want to feel like we are doing important things, and important things must be difficult.
But it isn’t always so.
We try so hard to see the answer in complicated things, that we overlook the brilliance and beauty in simple things.
I’ve sat through thousands of classes on self help and personal goals and education and self improvement. I’ve read hundreds of books on the same subjects.
Teachers and experts have very specific, sometimes difficult steps they are trying to sell to us.
I believe in learning about and strengthening the simple good that already exists within us. Most of the rest is an illusion.
Years ago I started a new job. The technology was new, the pressures enormous. There were banks of telephones and computer screens. It all seemed so important and serious.
The phones would ring, numbers were reported, calculations were made, graphs were read, and it all had to be done in a short window of time each hour. There were written procedures for every action that had to be taken. I memorized it all. I almost sat at attention in my chair.
Then I started developing my own little routines for each task. The routines focused on getting the best and most detailed information out of each call and report. I felt very important.
Then one day the calls came faster and the information being reported included emergencies. Suddenly I was scrambling and confused.
A supervisor stepped in to check on me and said something to me I’ll never forget:
“Darrell, choose easy.”
“What ?!?!” I asked over my shoulder frantically.
“Yes, choose easy. At the end of the day, no one will care about your sophisticated procedures; they will only want to know that the information is correct. You’re making the job harder than it needs to be. No one cares. Choose easy.”
I took that story to the boss, and he chuckled. My boss loved racquetball. He always had his gym bag waiting behind his office door.
“You know, I think that’s right. Choose easy. Whenever someone asks me to tell them the best way to learn racquetball, I tell them to go to the gym and find someone who’s very enthusiastic about the sport, very accomplished, and fat. A heavy guy has learned to play well with an extreme economy of movement. He’s not going to be running all over the place for his shots. He’s learned to make the fewest moves possible for the best results.”
Pretty deep. And it’s good advice.
So many of us just make a lot of noise in our efforts to do something important.
If you put a car in neutral and really give it the throttle, it will make an impressive noise. But the car won’t go anywhere.
Focus on going somewhere, and not making noise.
Choose easy.
We want to feel like we are doing important things, and important things must be difficult.
But it isn’t always so.
We try so hard to see the answer in complicated things, that we overlook the brilliance and beauty in simple things.
I’ve sat through thousands of classes on self help and personal goals and education and self improvement. I’ve read hundreds of books on the same subjects.
Teachers and experts have very specific, sometimes difficult steps they are trying to sell to us.
I believe in learning about and strengthening the simple good that already exists within us. Most of the rest is an illusion.
Years ago I started a new job. The technology was new, the pressures enormous. There were banks of telephones and computer screens. It all seemed so important and serious.
The phones would ring, numbers were reported, calculations were made, graphs were read, and it all had to be done in a short window of time each hour. There were written procedures for every action that had to be taken. I memorized it all. I almost sat at attention in my chair.
Then I started developing my own little routines for each task. The routines focused on getting the best and most detailed information out of each call and report. I felt very important.
Then one day the calls came faster and the information being reported included emergencies. Suddenly I was scrambling and confused.
A supervisor stepped in to check on me and said something to me I’ll never forget:
“Darrell, choose easy.”
“What ?!?!” I asked over my shoulder frantically.
“Yes, choose easy. At the end of the day, no one will care about your sophisticated procedures; they will only want to know that the information is correct. You’re making the job harder than it needs to be. No one cares. Choose easy.”
I took that story to the boss, and he chuckled. My boss loved racquetball. He always had his gym bag waiting behind his office door.
“You know, I think that’s right. Choose easy. Whenever someone asks me to tell them the best way to learn racquetball, I tell them to go to the gym and find someone who’s very enthusiastic about the sport, very accomplished, and fat. A heavy guy has learned to play well with an extreme economy of movement. He’s not going to be running all over the place for his shots. He’s learned to make the fewest moves possible for the best results.”
Pretty deep. And it’s good advice.
So many of us just make a lot of noise in our efforts to do something important.
If you put a car in neutral and really give it the throttle, it will make an impressive noise. But the car won’t go anywhere.
Focus on going somewhere, and not making noise.
Choose easy.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
A great day with the Golden K Kiwanis club of Provo.
We talked about looking within for change and growth.
There’s a lot of wisdom and experience in this great club, and they welcomed two new members.
There were great comments and stories shared.
A beautiful day for a Kiwanis club meeting, and I know I came away richer for the experience.
There’s a lot of wisdom and experience in this great club, and they welcomed two new members.
There were great comments and stories shared.
A beautiful day for a Kiwanis club meeting, and I know I came away richer for the experience.
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