The Eviction Notice Your Excuses Have Been Avoiding

“From Can’t to Can: It is what it is till it ain’t. They would change it if they could, but they can’t—till they can. Give them a good why and they will. And that’s the Deal!” ~ Note to Self Chronicles—TonyBrigmon.com We’ve all fur­nished apart­ments in the neigh­bor­hood of “I Can’t.” Hung pic­tures. Mem­o­rized which … Read more

The Art of Forward Focus: Why Fixing Beats Faulting Every Time

“For­ward Focus: Blam­ing is shaming—and solves noth­ing. Fix­ing, not fault­ing, moves things forward—fix it!” ~ Note to Self Chron­i­cles— TonyBrigmon.com Pic­ture this: You’re at work and some­thing goes spec­tac­u­lar­ly wrong. Maybe a project crash­es. Maybe a dead­line whoosh­es past like a missed train. What hap­pens next? If you’re like most humans, you trans­form into Detec­tive … Read more

The Story Behind “Don’t Pick on the Chicken”

The Inspi­ra­tion I wrote all 46 Feel-Good Songs while serv­ing as the Ambas­sador of FUN for South­west Air­lines in the 1980s. My own expe­ri­ences inspired them. So did the expe­ri­ences oth­ers shared with me. The sto­ry behind “Don’t Pick on the Chick­en” is one of my favorites. A Friend’s Sto­ry I worked in South­west Air­lines’ … Read more