As a business, if you don’t seem as if you’re giving back to your local community, your customers will find a competitor that does. I say “seem” because, as it should come to no surprise, companies are much more interested in what their public image is rather than a strong sense of compassion on behalf […]
Sometimes what you say isn’t as important as how you say it.
First, a quick little side tangent of health care humor from one of my favorite comedians, Lewis Black. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Back in Black – Health Care Reform www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Spinal Tap Performance Now that we’ve lightened the mood at little bit, let’s take […]
If you could develop a Pie Chart of what your brain is consumed by on the average day, what would it look like? I took the liberty of providing mine…: A couple items to note: 1) Yes, that says “ninja tactics” and 2) no slice of the pie is dedicated to “passive observation”. Lately, one […]
And I don’t mean in any political or governance sense. I mean in the overactive hormonal variety. Okay so maybe Obama knows when it’s appropriate to check out another woman (if married…then never). But I think the real issue here is what the public chooses to focus their attention on. Whether it be a Democratic […]
It seems like anything and everything these days is being ranked or broken down into a simple checklist. Let’s take a second and examine exactly why that is.
The White House Correspondents Dinner has been a source for entertainment over the last few years. First, it was Colbert tearing George W. Bush apart, from 10 feet away, in front of a large national media. This past Friday, John Hodgman, a correspondant for The Daily Show and the PC character on the infamous Apple […]
Traditional commerce is dead. As a quick reminder, the model went a little something like this: Step 1) Make a good product or service Step 2) Offer said product/service in exchange for money Sprinkle in some marketing, and you’ve got yourself a business. Those were the days.
Yesterday, I successfully ran 26.2 miles. Today, I will not get out of bed. There are two general lessons that I gathered from this experience: 1) You will pay the price for taking short cuts in life My training period was roughly 20 weeks shorter than what most programs call for. I figured that I […]
So far my promise for more frequent updates has been about as successful as a promise to make US politics more transparent. Regardless, my inspiration for any sort of well thought out, opinion based post, has been buried beneath a layer of anxiety, excitement, and mostly insanity. This Sunday I will be attempting to run […]
