Here’s why my life is very different than it would have been without Seth Godin . Seth has done 2 big things for me. The first is to start Triiibes, giving like-minded people a forum to connect . Second, he inspires us with stories and by giving us a shared language to talk about what […]
I keep coming up with interesting thoughts (at least to me) that don’t really fit with the month’s theme, so I decided to just post them anyway and call them Asides. I was reading Daniel Pink’s Drive when I came across a side-bar quote by Stefan Sagmeister. As I was reading it, I could hear […]
If you can motivate your kids, without having that ‘You’re Fired’ card, you can motivate anyone. If you can stand your ground as they give you that look while you point to their messy room, you can motivate anyone. If you can get your kids to do what they say now and not sometime next […]
Give people what they want The best and most effective way to increase your bottom line is to give people what they want. Make your product/service the best it can be. The more you help your customers to serve their customers/family/community the more they will buy from you and talk about you. Give to get […]
I had been watching TED videos over lunch for 6 months or so when I got an email about an extra TEDGlobal that was going to take place in July in Oxford, England. This was going to be the 2nd TEDGlobal in Oxford in 5 years and it was going to become an annual event. […]
Seth Godin, thought-leader extrordinaire, has asked more than 70 of today’s top thinkers to write a page each about what they are thinking about/planning for the coming year/want to share. He has compiled it into a pdf that he is encouraging all to share. Here’s what I’m thinking about/planning for the coming year/want to share. […]
I went to TEDGlobal in Oxford England July 2009. This counts as best trip, conference and restaurant meal. (pictures here) The trip itself was cool because I had an 11-hour stopover in Iceland so; of course, I went to Reykjavik and then for a soak in the Blue Lagoon. I saw the Jeff Koons exhibit […]
If you look for yellow cars all of a sudden it seems like every second car is yellow. The same goes for purple, blue, pink or brown ones. Now that I’m looking for information about hiring, there are resources popping out at me from everywhere. I had lunch with a friend, Shelley Fleckinstein of King’s […]
When hiring, I’m supposed to consider: The new people should have the skills to do the tasks Their strengths should complement what’s already in the company I need to be able to assess their strengths I need them to be able to work on their own I’d like them to be a part of the […]
I read Robert Fulford’s Accidental City: The Transformation of Toronto just before my trip to TO. Originally Toronto was laid out neatly by the army engineers 1793 who set it up as Fort York. As with most cities it’s early growth after that time was organic. Fulford’s tale takes us back to the 1800’s (Toronto […]
