October 19, 2009 I wrote Real, Authentic and Sustainable, and writing it changed my life forever.
Read more about the change here.

Foursquare Flash Mob for Milwaukee SXSW

March 1, 2010

Yesterday my wife and I decided to be the ultimate social media nerds for an afternoon. We went to AJ Bombers to earn our Foursquare Swarm Badge. The rules for earning the badge are simple. A minimum of 50 of us nerds had to check-in on Foursquare at the same time in the same place.
Joe [...]

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Bloggers of the Female Persuasion

February 28, 2010

Alrighty then, it’s Sunday funday, so I am going to have a little fun with this blog post.
There is a group of female bloggers that I follow regularly in my Google Reader feed. As a group they provide daily inspiration and perspective in my life. Oh, and quite a few laughs along the way. I’ve [...]

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Patience and Smiles – vBlog

February 27, 2010

Twice in the last few weeks I have found myself in the middle of snow storms while on the road. While sitting in my hotel room in Stamford, CT yesterday I recorded some thoughts on how smiles and patience help me deal with the uncertainty of business travel during inclement weather. I was also able [...]

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Smiles and Patience Part II

February 25, 2010

Your ability to shift or totally eliminate the point at which you become completely frustrated and quit will dramatically improve your life. I have always been good at the not quitting part (perhaps to a fault). You don’t stay self employed for almost 15 years without that tenacity. On the frustration side, let’s just say [...]

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Breakthrough Moments come after Radical Thinking

February 24, 2010

Do you have breakthrough days? I woke yesterday morning just knowing it was going to be a breakthrough day.
Since writing about radical thinking about a month ago I have been busting my butt and hustling to put systems in place so that my life and my business do not need me all day everyday. It’s [...]

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Unique Small Business Community

February 22, 2010

Today Sunshine Suites houses 1400 “shiners” (they don’t call them tenants) representing 600 small businesses. Recently I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Cheni Yerushalmi who co-founded Sunshine Suites 8-1/2 years ago with Joseph Raby.
From the beginning it was clear to Cheni and Joe that long-term leases make no sense for start-up entrepreneurs. [...]

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Radical Thinking Results In More Time

February 20, 2010

This is a follow-up to the action item at the end of my More Time Through Radical Thinking post.
Action Item: On a quiet morning grab a cup of coffee and a blank sheet of paper. Write a list of ten things you would stop doing “if you could.” It does not matter how impossible it [...]

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Twitter Works: Dining Like a Local

February 18, 2010

On my home turf of Milwaukee Twitter has significantly changed my social life. With Twitter as the enabling technology my wife and I have found a whole new group of friends with interests similar to our own. We have also tracked down local places like AJBombers, Streetza Pizza and Water Buffalo where the Milwaukee Twitter [...]

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Patience, Criticism and Apologies

February 16, 2010

A day in the life of the struggle to live a real, authentic and sustainable life.
Yesterday I signed up for a cool new tool for on-line copywriters. It’s called ScribeSEO and it analyzes your blog posts and web pages to make sure you are getting the best possible placement is search engines like Google. It’s [...]

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Reputation Matters

February 15, 2010

My reputation is determined in part by my writing about and living a real, authentic, and sustainable life on this blog. Reputation is everything, it can’t be bought, it must be earned and once earned it must be guarded with your life. You can lose your reputation in an instant. If you do be prepared [...]

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