Professional thoughts:

Earlier in the day, I posted a helpful tip for a Young Professional. I thought I'd end the day with a few more, so you can end the week extra professionally.

-Be careful about any seminar that advertises a discussion about the 'N' word. In many cases, it WILL NOT be about 'networking'. I mentioned that I often use the 'N' word in my blog posts and in daily conversation. When asked how I felt I could do such a thing, I replied "If it's anybody's word, it's mine." I was asked to leave.

-When asked to play a sport that you are not good at or do not understand, quickly but respectfully decline. You can offer a future activity at a time and place that is more convenient to both parties. Do not, however, try to explain away why you can't play with what you think is well-versed knowledge of the sport. Especially if you stopped reading about the history of basketball after 1900. Apparently, "you bring the balls, I'll bring the basket" is not an appropriate response to an invitation.

-Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) can never replace Personal Human Assistants. Especially if those assistants are women in the 1950s and you are an advertising executive in the 1950s.

-If you read less than one book per day, you might actually be reading the words. Don't read the words, read the page numbers on every page. I can read 50 pages a minute! Have your gut and the jacket cover tell you the story.

-McDonalds is giving away free breakfast burritos tomorrow with purchase of a large drink. It's genius. It's stuff like this that we would learn about in business school, if we actually needed to go to business school.

-You should always have a few movie/book ideas floating around. You never know when you might meet a Hollywood executive type at a soiree. I try to write about one script per day. I'm up to writing 50 words a minute! Here are a few of my Ideas:

"Dirty Sluts Go To Asshole Town"
"Mad Maxi-pad, Beyond Thunderdouche"
"Meat the Parents"
"Star Wars, Episode 4"
"One and a Half Hours of Pancakes"
"Fast-Forward Dialogue, Slow-Motion Love Scenes"

That's about all the advice I can dish out right now, enjoy.