Best line I’ve read all week: Getting your ducks in a row is not nearly as powerful as actually doing something with your duck. - Seth Godin Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
Watching Jonathan’s video (below and here) sparked a still-brewing thought in my dusty brain: Consensus is the enemy of progress. OK, maybe that’s harsh and not always true. But after seeing Jonathan’s response to the HR lady below, you realize that having balls gets you a lot more than having consensus. Post Footer automatically generated [...]
Great reading from the past week: Fatigue is a much better teacher than autopilot. Too often we strive for coasting, when it’s actually the worst thing we can do. Are Your Eyes Bigger Than Your Budget? The thought-provoker: “For a media mix to be effective, each element in the mix must be substantial enough to [...]
I lucked out this weekend and was able to meet and receive a presentation from Bruce Painter at a local DSWA event in Dallas. As detailed on his website, Bruce is a coach extrordinaire for both professionals and families, and he’s possibly best known as the author of The Giving Zone, a “roadmap for a contributing, [...]
My wife and I spent our Friday night at the Meyerson in Dallas listening to Amy Grant and band play with the Dallas Pops Orchestra behind. It was nice, especially for my wife who is one of the biggest Amy Grant fans on the planet. As things got started, the orchestra began the tuning process. [...]
The closer you get to something, the harder it is to clearly see it. Likewise, the further you get from something, the harder it is to clearly see it. Try it with your computer screen to make this simple point come to life. Put your face about an inch from the screen. Is it as [...]
Excellent weekend of reading – enjoy Healing and Mercy: This is an excellently written story of a high school girl who was raped in 1989 and how she’s coped with it since and managed to find forgiveness and mercy. This happened in my home town when I was in middle school, so it definitely h [...]
I received an extremely pleasant surprise today at an Applebee’s in Phoenix. As I entered, the hostess took my name and told me it would be about 10 minutes. As predicted, I was seated within a few minutes, ate my meal, paid, and got up to leave. As I was walking toward the door, the hostess [...]
Chris shares the scoop on what Forrester identifies as the six factors that make a marketing leader successful. They are all good and insightful. However, notice how the last two deal more with overall management and corporate leadership. As we realize that marketing should always be the strategic driver of every company, the importance of [...]
There’s something fundamentally wrong with any State of the Union address: the expectations for it are way, way off. And it’s unfair to pinpoint only the President’s annual address. It’s as bad, or worse, with a corporate “state of the company” presentation. Annual meetings with stockholders can blow away the disappointments that are often produced [...]
