Developing a Narrative and Growing a Community
Let’s face it. Layoffs are all to common right now. It’s a rough economy. However, I think it’s easier to get back to work than people realize. All it takes is a different perspective on your job search. This fall, my life has really forced me to examine how I focus my attention and intention. In [...]
My previous post about what I see as broken with the Occupy Wall Street movement was the result of several conversations, both on twitter, and in-person. As a result of that post, I’ve been able to discuss the movement with a diverse group of opinions, not only in the comments , but also on Facebook and Twitter, [...]
Part of my morning and evening routines is a bit of prayer and meditation. I don’t always remember to say thank you in those quiet moments. Just like anyone else, I can forget to be grateful for who I have become and the blessings in my life. But when I take a moment, especially on a [...]
Entrepreneurs, here is an important distinction in your customers that I learned at the Wizard Academy a few weeks back. As you sell your product or service, you will deal with two meta-customers in your business. One is ideal. The other is a time-suck. Respectively, they are called Relational and Transactional. It’s important to learn to spot [...]
Edit: My buddy, John U reminded me of Malcolm Gladwell’s Tipping Point and Gladwell’s discussion of Mavens and Connectors. After you read the blog, read the Wikipedia synopsis of Mavens and Connectors. In this, the Age of Twitter, I propose a new category of attention spans. Let’s call it the “Twitter Attention Span.” The Twitter [...]
I had exactly three retail jobs when I was getting my degree at St. Edward’s University. Because of that I do endorse the common wisdom that everyone should pull a stint in retail or the service industry. This holds true in my experience because I took exactly two positive things from my time shilling under [...]
