All posts by Mike Peluso

Mike Peluso writes about the collision between between the business / professional world and life. He also writes about the journey involved with the Peluso Presents efforts including the Blog, Books, and Podcast so that others may benefit from his efforts. From Mike: I spend hundreds of hours working on these articles every year with no compensation other than support I get through donations. You can support with a tip and by Subscribing to the Podcast (and writing a review on iTunes would be really appreciated as well!) One time tips: www.paypal.me/pelusopresents https://venmo.com/pelusopresents

Episode 214 – How Do you Deal With Unreasonable or Irrational People?

There are some people in the world who are completely unreasable.  They can make life very difficult.  How can you deal with them?  This show includes some great tactics to deal with the unreasonable and […]

How Do You Deal With Unreasonable or Irrational People?

In life we will engage people who can be irrationally belligerent. There are different ways to handle them, so the question becomes, which way is best?

Episode 213 – Can You Really Be The Person You Want To Be?

We all have visions of who we wish to be in work and life.  Sometimes we can get close, but can we really get there?  A great deal of the things that we need to […]

Can You Really Be The Person You Want To Be?

We have goals, but things like our decision making, emotions, and biology all get in the way of letting us be the person we want to be.

Episode 212 – Layoff Survival: Don’t Say It, Even if it’s True!

What HR and Management look for when deciding whom to let go in a layoff is critical when identifying how you should act at work to keep your job, but as this episode shows, it’s […]

Layoff Survival: Don’t Say It, Even If It’s True

Change in the workplace often means layoffs, and layoffs means someone has to decide who stays and who goes. These tips will help you be on the stay list.

Episode 211 – Can You Make A Difference?

Some people are in it for the money.  Some are in it to “Make A Difference.”  For the latter, the question is, can you do it?  Can any one person really make a difference in […]

Can You Make A Difference?

No matter if you are on the level where you are designing the system or providing the services, everyone wants to make a difference, but can you really do it?

Episode 210 – Top 5 of 2022

It’s that time of year where we highlight the most interesting or engaging Posts of the year.  We have 5 great posts for you today* *To save on bandwidth, this show is encoded at 128kbps.   […]

Top 5 of 2022

Here it is, 5 of the most interesting, thought provoking, and inspirational stories of 2022!