The Dip & How Being Average Is Overrated
I am having a Robert Frost moment. You know, one of those “two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference” type of moments. However, in this case I find myself almost yearning for only two roads! Not the 4 I must choose between. Ever been there? Of course you have. We all have. We all make choices every day...
Read MoreKids, don't try this at home.
Welcome to a world where failure is more discredited than ever. Ask yourself this: Where would we be without failures? Okay, wrong question. Where would we be without failures whose next decision, post-failure, was to try it again with a new twist? Excellent, that’s right…no where. We wouldn’t be or ever be anywhere. We would be stuck. What is risky? Failure is...
Read MoreTrade Outer Expectations for Dreams…Is Your Heart Artificial?
People have had expectations for you before you were even born. When your parents got married they more than likely thought about the children that they would one day have, and what would become of them (you!) once they were off and running on their own. Teachers expected you to turn your homework in on time and in a readable fashion. Your basketball coach expected you to make 85% of your...
Read MoreShould We Be Worried?
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb Do you have time to worry? I remember this one instance where I worried about a certain challenge in my life for days and days, and then, all of a sudden, the clouds parted, the issue cleared itself up and all was beautiful-solved and finished as if the worry had never existed at all… …that instance was...
Read MoreAlex Bogusky
Here is a great quote from famed marketer Alex Bogusky in an interview with iMedia. Bogusky was the leading creative mind behind the Truth anti-smoking campaign, the Volkswagen ads, Coke Zero branding, Sprite, Geek Squad and Burger King marketing. His latest and greatest responsibilities involve taking care of and implementing Microsoft’s $300 million ad campaign which hopes to battle...
Read MoreLance Armstrong and New Years
Tonight we will transition into a new year. 2009 (great!). Goals will be set with intense resolution and vigor (great!). Dreams will be dreamt (great!). Energy will be conjured up from places we never thought energy could be conjured from (great!). The Champagne will pop (great!) and the tinsel will fly (ehh). From this point on we believe that our lives will never be the same...
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