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What’s Your Social Object?

I was reading The Gaping Void and saw this idea of Social Objects and people congregating around them. The blog describes these Social Objects as products, ideas, movements and people. This got me to thinking about the Social Objects in my life…. To name a few: Seth Godin Barack Obama iPhone iPod Dean Karnazes’ […]

We Do Own The Factories

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: I’m really focusing on these three words this year: reinvention, excel, and challenge. While a lot of this is about me, it isn’t all about me, because I don’t like living in a bubble with no one to share the joy with. That’s why I have […]

Take a Look At Yourself, You Are a Risk Taker

Granted, I stole the title from a section in Seth Godin’s new workbook based on Poke The Box, but the sentiment is still mine and true to you. In the workbook Seth calls everyone a risk taker. Then, he asks you to think about what you have done that could be considered risky. […]

Why Ask Why? Or, My Thoughts On ‘Poke The Box’ by Seth Godin

I see this image a lot lately. I’ve always thought it was rather stupid, but I also studied marketing and political science and understand propaganda and the need for people to feel like there are certain guiding principles in their lives so that everyone doesn’t just lose it and freak out. But, then I […]

February 28, 2017
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I just opened my Google Reader and saw that Seth Godin posted a blog about pricing which came on the heels of reading the sports section and seeing the news that the St Louis Cardinals and their star player, Albert Pujols had called off negotiations for the season. Pujols is probably the best player in […]

February 23, 2017
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We hear a lot about value, jobs, and other terms that we connect to the work that we do. Yesterday I was working through catching up with some reading on my iPad when I came across an HBR.org article that was just fantastic for the way that it conveys the need to think beyond the […]

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We Do Own The Factories

Take a Look At Yourself, You Are a Risk Taker

Why Ask Why? Or, My Thoughts On ‘Poke The Box’ by Seth Godin

Pujols vs. Pricing

What “Job” Does Your Product Or Service Do?

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