Where do you think innovation happens? Are you doing your best work when you are alone with your ideas? Are
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The Empty Cup Strategy
A fictional situation (that is all too real)… Imagine this: you have an amazing day at work. A big project
Continue readingBring Your Brain To Work Day
There’s a line that has been marinating in my brain for close to a year now. One of the speakers
Continue readingThe Moment
Have you had "The Moment" yet? When you look through the newspaper, do you stop and review the job postings?
Continue readingI, Robot
Are you fascinated with work and the environments we work in? How we work… and how we are going to
Continue readingJob Snobbery
Does the title on your business card define you? Alain De Botton is probably as close as we’ll get in
Continue readingWhen The Going Gets Tough
"This will be my last day shining your shoes." I like getting my shoes shined. I don’t do it often
Continue readingThe Value Of Focus
"When do you have time for all of the things that you do?" How often do you get asked this,
Continue readingNew Ways Of Working
As much as we embrace change, we are all creatures of habit. Back in 1988, I became interested in actually
Continue readingWinning Workplaces
Isn’t is amazing how a work environment affects both productivity and general health? As someone who loves the work that
Continue readingWhen It Comes To Your Work: Stay Calm
Do you follow Alain de Botton? I was first introduced to Alain de Botton when Julien Smith (In Over Your
Continue readingWhat Advice Would You Give Yourself As An Industry Rookie Given What You Know Today?
If you could go back in time and give yourself some professional advice just as you were stepping into the
Continue readingFinding Space
Time to think. A place to think. Your own little space. An artist uses a studio. A great business person
Continue readingGetting To The Work
How often do you go about your work day and then realize that you have to get out of there
Continue readingHard Labor
"You work too much." "You must be a workaholic." "Do you ever sleep?" "When do you take a break?" Right
Continue readingThe Easy Way To Get A Job In Marketing, Advertising And Social Media
Be creative and interesting… Then, have the skills to deliver and back it up. Don’t forget: that initial creativity also
Continue readingWhat The World Needs Now
It does seem like everywhere you go and everywhere you turn, people have something (usually bad) to say about how
Continue readingHow Indispensable Are You?
The economy is still pretty sucky. Even as certain industries and sectors claw their way back to some sort of
Continue readingRemember: Marketing Is Art
Are you inspired to create the work that you were meant to create? Is it your art? Is Marketing art?
Continue readingWhen Do You Sleep?
That is one of the top questions I get asked. Often. It’s either that one, or "do you ever sleep?"
Continue readingLoving What You Do
"Passion" is one of those words that is thrown around in every motivational business book. It’s a big word, and
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