Why was I spinning furiously?
It was early March and career had me away from my home in Pennsylvania for about 12 weeks. I took a trip and spent a
I loved every bruise, cut, strained hamstring and broken finger.
I played tons of organized sports growing up…baseball, soccer, basketball. I also played tons of street hockey and touch football. I would’ve loved to play
“I demand a raise!”
You want more money. There’s no crime in that. We all need money to live…heck, we need a lot more money these days to live.
Your career (and life) defining moments.
You’ll have them but may not recognize them when they’re happening. But they’ll happen. And when you look back with perspective you’ll say “wow”. I
A simple primer on how NOT to network on LinkedIn.
The “I’ve ignored you but now I need you” request. • “Hey Ron, I know I you’ve sent some notes saying hi over the past
And then we all become someone.
I couldn’t wait for the college year to finish in early May so I could reconnect with all of my buddies to drink beer and
“You stupid f—k! You mean to tell me you’d rather go blind for the next 40 years than spend a $200?”
Spring of 1998 and I’m attending a corporate planning meeting with about 40 other people. I’m sitting in the back row and squinting to see
Serendipity
Serendipity: The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way; “a fortunate stroke of serendipity” As a teen, I thought
Empty your junk drawer.
My junk drawer. When I moved into my apartment in Jacksonville a few months ago, this drawer was empty. Now it’s full. I keep accumulating
Be a velvet sledgehammer (and some other necessary behavioral traits for marketers).
I do a fair amount of mentoring of young marketing professionals. Often-times I’m asked my opinion on the behavioral traits needed for success. There’s certainly
A few things that up-and-coming marketing pros should learn.
Over the course of my 34 year marketing, advertising, branding and communications career, I’ve learned a ton of lessons, some the hard way. But, I’ve
“Mom, did Dad get fired?”
Behind every employee at work is someone, likely lots of someones, who love them. I was talking with a colleague the other day about a
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