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What Do You Do With Your Day?: A 1 Week Challenge

Everyone is asleep right now, so I am up doing some reading with the TV turned to the Clemson vs. UNC game muted in the background. The reading got me thinking about productivity and how we choose to live our lives. What we are doing that is productive and what we are doing that isn’t […]

A Short Marketing Reading List

I read a great deal. Not all of it focused on one particular subject or topic. In fact, I read an embarrassing amount of thrillers and mysteries, but I was looking at some of the non-fiction stuff I’ve read this year, and the fact that I keep reading The Personal MBA and thinking about the […]

Why I Stand With The Occupy Wall Street Protesters

Since September 17th, a group of protesters have taken residence at Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, just a block or so from the New York Stock Exchange and Wall Street. From the beginning and into the first several weeks, the mainstream media basically ignored the protest. But once there were mass arrests and noise was […]

The Reason To Set A Goal

I’ve written before about setting goals. I know that there isn’t some magic formula that makes your goals all of a sudden appear. I also know that even knowing that most people still struggle a bit with setting what they feel are appropriate goals. I get that, it happens to me. I came across some […]

Don’t Be Alarmed

I’ve added a Share This button to my post, making it easier for you to share things with your friends and followers. I hope you find this useful.

RIP Steve Jobs

A lot of tributes are coming out about Steve Jobs right now. Not to under or overstate anything, Steve Jobs had a huge effect on the way people make their way through the world. If you can change one life, you’ve led an important life. In Steve Jobs’ case, he led an important life because […]

A Is For Attention

Attention is the lifeblood of your business. Attention is something that is earned, not deserved. Attention is something that you have to work for every day. Attention isn’t a commodity that can be won over by cheap tricks and going low. The things you pay attention to should be the things that are important to […]