Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs

Carmine Gallo is the author of ‘The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience.’

Know What Your Email Address Says About You

The email address you choose–and even the provider–can send strong signals. Do you know which messages you’re conveying? [...]

How to Tie a Bow Tie

Bow Ties aren’t exactly everyday wear (unless you’re Tucker Carlson), but most guys still have to don one from time-to-time.  Here’s a step-by-step guide. 

1. Drape the bow tie around your neck and under your collar and grasp the ends, with the end on your right extending about 1.5 inches lower than the end on [...]

Video: How to Tie a Bow Tie

For step-by-step instructions that you can print, check out this guide.

Hemingway on Drinking

“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.”
– Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961)

TED Conference Video – Tony Robbins on Motivations

If you haven’t taken the time to watch TED videos, they’re well worth the time. This one is from Tony Robbins and focuses on the things that motivate our actions.

Hemingway on Doing Things Sober

“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”
– Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961)

Great Quotes: Mark Twain on Honors

“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them.” – Mark Twain

How to Use “i.e.” Versus “e.g.”

The abbreviations “i.e.” and “e.g.” are commonly misused, because very few people actually know what each means. Here’s a simple guide.

Pascal on Seeking God

“There are only three types of people; those who have found God and serve him; those who have not found God and seek him, and those who live not seeking, or finding him. The first are rational and happy; the second unhappy and rational, and the third foolish and unhappy.” –Pascal

A Man’s Guide to Dry Cleaning

If you’re going to spend good money on clothes, it’s worth your while to take care of them—and to know what happens when you entrust them to someone else. The cleaner’s doesn’t have to be a black box–the place where you drop off valuable items and have them magically reappear the next day, looking like new.

Great Quotes: Oscar Wilde on Hurt Feelings

"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally."
– Oscar Wilde

Don’t Let Your Strength Become Your Weakness

Most people readily recognize the importance of moderation for things with well-known pitfalls. But what about GOOD personal qualities? Without recognizing the reality of a “dark side,” even the best character traits can be taken too far.

Manage Your Online Reputation

There once was a time when the best approach for managing your online reputation was to make sure that you didn’t have any sort of footprint at all. These days, that’s all but impossible.

Great Quotes: Samuel Johnson on Kindness

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
– Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

8 Ways Doing Less Can Transform Your Work and Life

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” – Antoine de Saint Exupery

How to Properly Tie a Tie

There aren’t many skills more fundamental (and more common) to dressing with style than being able to properly tie a tie. Unfortunately, it’s not like riding a bike–so if it’s been a while since you’ve had to wear one, it can be surprisingly easy to forget how.

Great Quotes: C.S. Lewis on Using the Right Words

“Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.”
– C.S. Lewis

GCS Recommends: Crooner Compilations

Build your collection of tunes for entertaining quickly (and cheaply!) with greatest hits compilations of the classic crooners. Here are a few reasons they’re the right way to go–and a six great compilations to consider.

Eight Simple Conversation Techniques for Drawing People Out

Every gent wants to be able to engage gracefully with other people, but some conversations can be more challenging than others—particularly with strangers and those with whom you don’t have much in common. How can you draw these people out in order to have a pleasant conversation? How can you convey authentic interest without coming across as fake?