a seth godin throwback as he encourages us to stand out, be remarkable, and to live on the fringes. he warns us that building and doing things worth talking about are the only things worth building and doing. in this 15 minute talk he declares that for marketers, being safe is risky and that building [...]
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building or dreading
“…if you dread tomorrow, it’s because you don’t know how to build the present, and when you don’t know how to build the present, you tell yourself you can deal with it tomorrow, and it’s a lost cause anyway because tomorrow always ends up becoming today…” -from the elegance of the hedgehog love this quote i [...]
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are you doing it enough?
you say it’s important and so you are doing it. great! but are you doing it enough? or, are you doing it just so you can say you are? or so that other people see you? or so that you can be just like everyone else? anything that is important… anything that can be a [...]
how to motivate your employees
daniel pink’s latest book, drive, has received a lot of attention regarding the surprising science behind motivation. i have yet to read it but i probably will (as soon as i get a vacation…ha). in this ted talk, daniel explains many of the core ideas within his book. he leaves us with these three lessons as [...]
biz thought starters, thought starters for you
how quick are you gonna get up?
in life, there will always be problems, challenges, and setbacks of all shapes and sizes. it comes with the program. unfortunately, there is no perfect journey. too often we allow these issues to overtake and overpower us. too often, when faced with these challenges we take our eyes off the prize and get stuck in [...]
the rise of claim mania #marketing
claim mania. it’s happening everywhere. increasingly marketers are moving towards identifying legal claims that prove their product is superior. while this is nothing new in industries like pharma and medical devices, claim mania has spread more heavily into non-medically related industries/categories. for certain consumer brands, it’s no longer good enough to just say you’re the [...]
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