It is early February, which means it is time to turn our eyes to people gathered round a hole in the Pennsylvania Earth… and watch a rodent. Yes it is Groundhog Day. It is always fun to see if we will have 6 more weeks of Winter based on the activities of Phil. All day, […]
Get Brainwashed
Whether through his books, his blog, his speeches, or his actions Seth Godin seems to constantly inspire, challenge, and motivate me. Demonstrating this ability once again, Seth has written Brainwashed – a brief and brilliant manifesto about overcoming fear, rethinking work, and living life. It is free to download, takes under 5 minutes to read, […]
Greater Taters
Saturday afternoon. Approved list in hand, dad (me) is off to the grocery to get the family some food for the week. Fruit – check. Milk – check. Bread – check. Ooo – look at that! The product that will make dad the hero of dinner time to my wife and kids – Tater Tots […]
Tiger and The Dip
Yesterday, fresh back from vacation, I was hard at work taking 3 business colleagues to the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio. I know, rough life. It was my first in person visit to a PGA event, and I must say that I was blown away by just how good the pros are. I was also […]
Leaders Make Change
I started running again. (Please don’t inform me of the over / under on how many days until I quit.) Anyhow, I decided to combine my love for books with my need to exercise in an effort to make the most of each run. I have loaded up some audio books onto my ipod, and […]
2 for 2 on IBW
How do you generate positive word of mouth? How about if you decided to give away free stuff that people wanted each and every week. That is precisely what the smart people at 800ceoread.com do on their site InBubbleWrap.com – one of my favorite sites on the web. I have mentioned the site on this […]
Look What I Found… January 2, 2009
Sharing is a good thing, and I think I need to do more of it. So, once every week or so I am going to put up a quick post sharing some of my favorite findings from across the web. Look What I Found… I hope you enjoy. An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth – Thanks […]
The Physics of Marketing – Snell’s Law
Willebrord Snellius saw the light. Well actually he saw the light do funny things, and then went on to describe why it was so. The output was Snell’s Law, which describes how light travels at different speeds through different substances. Ever wonder why that drinking straw looks different in the glass of water than it […]