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Knock, Knock, Knock!

By on January 15, 2010 in FEATURED, LIFE

When you hear that bang on the door of life, it is impor­tant to check it out. Sure there are a fair share of times when you pull the door open to find nobody on the porch, but every now and again some­thing spe­cial is wait­ing on the other side of the door. Why am […]

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SummitUp

By on September 17, 2009 in FEATURED, LIFE

For my birth­day this year, I am get­ting some­thing really cool -  a social media con­fer­ence right here in Day­ton.  “Yea, Just what I always wanted, a con­fer­ence!” No, the con­fer­ence was not put on for that rea­son, but it is a nice coin­ci­dence.    The event is called Sum­mitUp, it will take place on October […]

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The Physics of Marketing — The Doppler Effect

By on September 11, 2009 in FEATURED, MARKETING

Have you ever won­dered why music blar­ing out of an approach­ing car changes in pitch as it passes by you and then moves fur­ther away from you.   This phe­nom­e­non can be described by the Doppler Effect, named for Aus­trian physi­cist Chris­t­ian Doppler.   Who knew Doppler was more than just the ridicu­lous brand name of the […]

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Sharpen The Saw

By on August 13, 2009 in FEATURED, TECHNOLOGY

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw Sharpen the saw is the last of Covey’s 7 habits.  (There actu­ally is an 8th Habit, but that is another book, and per­haps another post.)  Sharpen the Saw is the habit of per­sonal renewal.  The metaphor of “sharp­en­ing the saw” is sim­ple -  It is coun­ter­pro­duc­tive to spend all of your […]

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Surprisingly Simple Solution for Storing Surprises

By on April 22, 2009 in TECHNOLOGY

Recently I wrote a post about a sim­ple tech­nique for enhanc­ing your cre­ativ­ity that I learned from read­ing the book Cre­ativ­ity by psy­chol­o­gist Mihaly Csik­szent­mi­ha­lyi.  In a nut­shell 1. Be sur­prised by some­thing every day, 2. Sur­prise some­one every­day, 3. Write both down and chron­i­cle them over time. I thought it might be wise to share […]

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Surprise, Surprise, Surprise

By on April 21, 2009 in FEATURED, LIFE

Would you like to be more cre­ative?  Here is a sim­ple 3 step tech­nique for get­ting your cre­ative juices flow­ing from the man who wrote the book on Cre­ativ­ity, Mihaly Csik­szent­mi­ha­lyi. Try to be sur­prised by some­thing every­day. Try to sur­prise some­one every day. Write down what sur­prised you and how you sur­prised oth­ers. These three […]

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Marketing or Litter?

By on April 19, 2009 in FEATURED, MARKETING

If early tomor­row morn­ing I drove past your home and threw a bag full of dirty paper in your dri­ve­way before you woke up, would that be alright?  What if I did it twice next week?  What if I did it twice every week… for­ever?  At what point would my “free trial” of the bag […]

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