I have a confession to make - I'm a control freak. But by growing the team I work with over the last year, I'm learning to let go. We've added some quality folks to the team and it's a whole lot easier to let go of responsibility when you are putting it in capable hands. With fewer day-to-day … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
Why I care if you're not wearing pants
Most of us share silly and somewhat meaningless status updates in social media from time to time. That's okay because if you really want to let the whole world know you're not wearing pants, it's actually my problem not yours. Please keep sharing those crazy status updates on Twitter and Facebook. … [Read more...]
Public Speaking Preparation Guide
Preparation is everything when it comes to public speaking. As I look ahead at my April public speaking schedule it's clear I have plenty of preparing to do. I'll be presenting seven different programs (some of them multiple times). We've all seen that guy who reads the script or looks at and then … [Read more...]
Why I picked the Seidio Innocase for the htc EVO
Recently, I wrote about How I doubled my htc EVO battery life. Due to the popularity of that post, I decided to follow up a brief story about how already owning a Seidio Innocase II Surface Case for HTC EVO 4G weighed heavily in my decision to find a battery that didn't change the phone's … [Read more...]
How being human takes the stuffy out of business
"Business is stuffy. Your being human makes you approachable and someone I want to talk to." That's a comment I got recently when a client and friend watched the video below. My friend's comment got me thinking about how both the quality and number of relationships I have with those I used to … [Read more...]
How Premise by CopyBlogger helps build great landing pages
This is the first co-authored post by Jim Raffel and Shelby Sapusek. Together, we'll give you some insight on why we chose the WordPress plugin Premise (affiliate link)from Copyblogger to design the ColorMetrix User Group Meeting landing page, what we liked about it and some advice from our … [Read more...]
Why your body of work matters
What does your body of work look like? Does it measure up to the likes of Walt Disney, J.R.R. Tolkien or Steve Jobs? Not necessarily in terms of fame and notoriety, but instead in terms of you've really given it your all. The common thread of the three men I've listed is a 100 percent commitment of … [Read more...]
Small business resource that will save you time and money
A while back my Third Tribe Marketing friend Matt Mansfield interviewed me for his "The Elephant in the Could - How Safe is Your Data?" blog post. I enjoyed the "interview" because it turned into a conversation and Matt and I got a chance to know each other better. Matt is a man of integrity so it … [Read more...]
Swearing, vocabulary and the pregnant pause
When I wrote "Replace “ums” with Pregnant Pauses when Speaking," I never expected to circle back to the post as a way to swear less on social media - and in real life, for that matter. It is, however, that simple. When you feel like letting an f-bomb (or some equally offensive language) fly - stop! … [Read more...]
Time for Spring Cleaning
What things can you get rid of? What tasks can you stop doing? What projects can you let go of? Which relationships might have run their course? I was cleaning out my closet the other day and when I got done I realized how much stuff had accumulated over the last several years. It was stuff I … [Read more...]
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