Archive for February, 2006


Shut The Hell Up Already

I honestly tried to stay away from the latest round of The Apprentice. The Donald continues to remind me how easily money can turn you into a fuzzy-headed, sleazy jerk… and his ideas on business are almost absurdly infantile.
Hark unto this: He did NOT earn his wealth with savvy business decisions. […]

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The Rest Of Your Friggin’ Life

I caught some of the Olympic games, here and there, over the past two weeks. Kinda hard to get excited about curling, and it seems they’ve sucked most of the fun out of skiing, even… but the snowboarding chaos has some real promise.
I watch more for the unfolding human drama.
Not the drama of the […]

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The Unforgiving Human Funk

Insight Alert!
While scouring the press on this slow news day, I came across one of those “hmmm” items that get a little initial attention in the talk shows, and then fade away.
As a marketer, however, this is the juicy stuff that can help wake up your slumbering Inner Salesman.
The news came from a study by […]

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Whose Experience Is It, Anyway?

One the reasons I’m a good teacher… is because I suck at being a good student.
I have to re-learn my lessons over and over… and over again. Painfully, sometimes. That’s good for anyone wanting to learn from me, because my repeated “take overs” mean I know the territory better than most… and I […]

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Motivation

Interesting story going around about motivation. Researchers discovered that “planning” to quit smoking or lose weight — as in New Year’s resolutions — was almost a guaranteed way to fail.
The only sure-fire way to quit, or lose, is to have a health crisis. That was my experience. I smoked for ten years […]

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Take This Humor Test

Quick story about the last email you may have received from me: If you’ve been reading my blogs and/or newsletters and other material, you know I’m not everybody’s cup of tea.
I don’t pretend to be. I don’t want to be. In fact, the only way I could convince myself to enter this […]

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