Praise highly and move in increments
Some of the best advice I ever received came to me from a professor at the University of Michigan. This wisdom came not in the classroom… I never took any of his classes… but during…
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Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin was an amazing folk singer and humanitarian who died at age 39. One of his earliest and greatest songs is called Taxi and there’s a lyric that is extremely important to me: Oh,…
Paul Mall 1 PIck up that trash this is your mall
My first full-time job was as marketing director for a regional shopping mall in Columbus, Ohio. One afternoon, early in my mall career, my regional manager and I were strolling around the outside of the…
Tom Brady
Tom Brady. No matter what you think of him or football, he’s generally regarded as the best at what he does after being told at least 5 times by every team in the NFL that…
Quoted: QSRweb.com, “Expert preparation tips for QSR boycotts, vitriol in presidential election year”
QSRweb.comhttps://www.qsrweb.com/articles/expert-preparation-tips-for-qsr-boycotts-vitriol-in-presidential-election-year/Expert preparation tips for QSR boycotts, vitriol in presidential election year 6/11/2020
Things Are Changing, and That’s OK
I went to the #ACEComicon when it was in town last weekend. Comic books were central to my life when I was younger, from age 9-17 before I quit cold turkey when I graduate high…
Speaking Out of School or The Pink Spoon Pricing Model
Do you want others to trust you, to buy what you’re selling? Sometimes you have to absorb the cost of giving away a little bit of what you do or what you make in order…
Brain Balm: It’s Opposite Day
Massage your Marketing Message: I’m thinking about brainstorming for my latest challenge, and I thought of the recent passing of over-the-top entertainer Rip Taylor, which made me think of more ever-so-slightly more subtle, but still…
The No BS Hall of Fame
I carry a binder around with me at work and inside this binder is a piece of paper listing what I call my “No BS Hall of Fame.” Enshrined in this hallowed Hall are the…
The Cubs and The Toothbrush Test or Add Another One to the Floss Column
If you know me then you know this: I’m a rabid Chicago Cubs fan. This was not a decision I made lightly… and I don’t know that it was really a decision at all. It…