Guard your Attention with your Life
Attention. I walk or run my dog most mornings. In fact, since I became a dog owner a decade ago,…
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Change is Knocking. How will you answer?
I’ve become numb to change. Over my life, I’ve endured so much change that it’s now the norm not the…
Dick’s Sporting Goods Delivers E-mail Again and Again
With the Christmas season behind us, everyone awaits the unfortunate noise that occurs in January. THUD. CRASH. THUMP. Something heavy…
Write with the Rising Sun
Like an untamed lion, he roars onto the page, salacious and savage, ready to claw at any prey. Like a…
The Big Question: How’s Business Going
I make it a point to pose the following question to an unsuspecting waiter, hostess, cook, or ‘owner-looking’ person at…
A Look Back: Bringing a MVP to Old Media
It’s amazing the breadth of communities available on the Internet. Whether your community’s focus is soccer fanatics, early 20th century…
The Most Important Time of your Workday? The Last 30 Minutes.
Watch a Football game lately? The games are becoming one long investigation after another… Did his knee touch down? Did…
Expedia Excels at Capturing Customer Sentiment
You’ve just completed an online transaction. No sweat. You’ve been a digital maven for years. Maybe it was for a…
The World Needs More Fighters
A fighting man got punched and fell on his back. Weary and dizzied by the lethal strike, he felt for…
The Key to MLS Championship? Stellar Goalkeeping.
As a former soccer goalkeeper and current goalkeeper coach, I see the goalkeeping as vitally important to a team’s success. With…
The 4 Keys to Unlocking Your Value – Part 4 – Persistence
What is persistence? What makes one man withstand nearly insurmountable odds and prevail while another man shrinks from the challenge…
The 4 Keys to Unlocking Your Value: Part 2 – Purpose
Purpose. The word conjures up a picture of a valiantly defiant general forging up the hill into a field of…
The 4 Keys to Unlocking Your Value: Part 1 – Clarity
Clarity. Purpose. Courage. Persistence. These concepts sound all ‘lofty and aspirational’, yet can be manageable and solvable when we break them…
Think And not Or
It is easy to define your life by limits. I don’t have enough time. I am too old. I don’t…
Yeti: A man-sized brand
Yeti: A man-sized beast with an appetite for adventure, danger and the raw frontier. Yeti: A brand targeting rugged men…
Target: Reinvention Needed on Aisle 5
Is it just me, or has Target gone on autopilot? Where’s the reinvention, renewal, appetite for change, risk-taking? Sadly, the…
Want to be a leader? Try goalkeeper
The game is tied. Only a few minutes remain. The Red Bulls have dominated the pace of play, but have…
Vendors: It’s Never About You
Today, I write angry. And sometimes, writing angry is good (in moderation) for the soul. I am tired of all…
Today, You Get Disciplined
Through routine, we find discipline. Through discipline, we find conviction. Through conviction, we find courage. Through courage, we trust ourselves.…
That’s Thought Leadership
Steve!” the irritatingly persuasive boss shouted. “Yes, sir. How can I help you?” Steve responded. “We need to learn about…