Last week I had the opportunity to ask Michele Ganeless, president of Comedy Central, about Stephen Colbert. His show, The Colbert Report, is one of the funniest programs on TV, if you ask me. She said that nothing motivated Stephen more than if you told him that something was really hard or impossible to do. That's Stephen, pictured here. (Photo credit: Scott Gries, PictureGroup)
Michele's remarks reminded me of some of the most intelligent, successful people I've ever known. They share the same traits: They're incredibly determined despite all the odds against them, and they can be really, really funny.
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Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the power of repetition and what an important part it plays in the human experience. The old adage "practice makes perfect" certainly has enormous relevance for me (even though I never get to the "perfect" aspect).
But recently, something happened to me that made me realize the unfortunate consequences of repetition. It's taken me round a personal "wheel of fortune" that started out in a mindset of love and well being to one of mass murder and fright before I managed to swing round to a more peaceful existence again.
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