Image via Wikipedia I need a press release I was told I need to be on Facebook We need someone to create tweets for us and so it goes… One piece of a much larger puzzle, offered as the answer by a well meaning advisor, expert or friend, or taken out of context from a [...]
Smacking Down Resistance to Embrace Opportunity
February 1, 2010 By 18 Comments
Image by EssjayNZ via Flickr You come to the blank page with a plan and determination to see it through. Yet, every word seems jumbled and unclear. You do more deleting than writing and then sit back in frustration. The words that you do not want, the story you do not want to tell grabs [...]
The Marketing of Human Suffering
January 18, 2010 By 7 Comments
Image by caribb via Flickr Across the globe, people have generously opened their hearts to help the people of Haiti in their hour of need. The images, stories, and personal accounts of tragedy have moved us to act and to give to the relief efforts. Haiti, slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Maryland is [...]
What You Can Learn from the Leno Shuffle
January 11, 2010 By 11 Comments
Image via Wikipedia Jay Leno hosted daily nighttime talk show, The Tonight Show for 17 years. Like previous hosts before him, he retired and passed the torch on to a successor, Conan O’Brien. There was however, a twist. Leno was not going to retire to a life of leisure and golf but to a nightly [...]
Why You Should Learn to Fight Fair
December 21, 2009 By 9 Comments
Image via Wikipedia Counselors often guide people in how to fight fair. It’s an important skill to learn. The rules of the game include not hitting below the belt, which is akin to throwing a deadly dagger of words that sucks the wind out of the other person. Counselors also teach you to move from [...]
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