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1 Simple Lesson From My Vacation

I just got back on Saturday from one of the best vacations I have ever had. I went to Club Med’s Sandpiper Bay resort in Port St Lucie, Florida. That being said, you’d have no idea you were in Florida. More importantly, you don’t get great cell phone reception at Sandpiper Bay and you […]

My 2012 Reading List

I try to do this every year. Here are the books I read in 2012 with links to get them for yourself. 1. One Shot: Lee Child ¼2. What The Dog Saw: And Other Adventures: Malcolm Gladwell 1/63. The Price Of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity: Jeffrey D. Sachs 1/84. Ten Thousand Saints: […]

Happy Thanksgiving! I’m Going To Do Some Top 10s.

Hey… Happy Thanksgiving. I’m going to bang out some lists and thoughts that I have had that aren’t really related to the normal tone of this blog…be it politics or business. DW

Note on the typical non partisan nature of this blog

I’ve spent the bulk of my time on this blog talking about marketing and business, which are different and the same from what I do in my professional life. As a media consultant for progressive candidates and organizations, I am actively involved in the shaping of arguments and the political discourse that happens in this […]

Its Not About Curation, Its About Value….

Everyone is a curator these days. I get it. But, I for me, its not about curating material alone. More importantly, it is about value. I’ve been doing a little reading, and I have been reading a few books on habits, information and communication. In reading them, I stumbled a series of ideas that add […]

A Sales Lesson From the Presidential Campaigns

Unless you are seriously sailing around the world, or in a cabin that is disconnected from any touch of civilization, you know that the US is going to have an election in November. Presumably our choices are Mitt Romney and Barack Obama and a few minor candidates that may garner 10,000 votes at best. […]