Come On, Man: Let Me Remind You—I’m Doing You A Favor
Many non-profit associations ask if I'll speak pro bono. I try to accommodate as many of them as I can. Yet some of them then give me more work and demand I conform to more rules than my paying clients! It seems
Iceberg Dead Ahead
Thinking that you can create multi-year strategies today—after the pandemic, turmoil, chaos, volatility, and disruption—is equivalent to thinking that people are going back to ocean liners as the main transportation across the Atlantic. Even if you reduced that trip from
And the Award for Most Boring Evening Goes to….
The "best" talent in Hollywood and in TV create a dreadful, boring, pandering Oscar awards ceremony every single year. The ratings have plummeted over the past several years. It's actually laughable. Don't ever think you can't help a client because they're
Come On, Man: Are You the One Buying SEO Services from Spammers?!
How are you buying things today, from consumer goods to professional services? My guess is that you're using remote means for "minor" things, and referrals from people whom you trust for "major things." So you don't look for a tax
Prudence or Preposterous? (Come on, man!)
How long do you wait until you're convinced—one way or another—about the "long term effects" of being vaccinated? What, exactly, does that metric look like?
Mom, They Yelled At Me! (Come on, Man!)
Thank you for asking, I'll tell you what's pathetic: There are people on Facebook who have received unkind feedback from a single person and now want swarms of people to reassure them. If one-off feedback throws you into a conniption
The Pessimist/Optimist Test
When you reach into your pocket and unexpectedly find a few bucks, do you say to yourself, "Damn, I could have used this, how long has it been in there?" or "Wow, newly-found money!"
Come On, Man: Digital Transmogrification
"Digital transformation" is getting tossed around like “reengineering,” “lean,” “agile,” “management by walking around,” “the one-minute manager,” "good to great," and other such memes which have come to mean nothing at all. Is it a digital transformation if the clock in
If the Browns Could Beat the Steelers….
I have had it with people telling me they "can't" do things. They can't write a book, can't call for referrals, can't pay to attend a session, can't find the time, yada yada yada. The Browns beat the Steelers last night
Come on, man! Investing in Yourself
The amount of people on social media, particularly Linkedin, who feel everyone there is open game for free help is astounding. You get what you pay for. (I'm astounded at some people in my own community who in one breath