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 … [Read more...]
Radical Thinking Results In More Time
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 seems to stop doing … [Read more...]
Twitter Works: Dining Like a Local
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 … [Read more...]
Patience, Criticism and Apologies
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 … [Read more...]
Reputation Matters
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 … [Read more...]
Smile and Put Your Patience On
You and only you get to decide what kind of day you are going to have. Real smiles backed up by patience and offered authentically to people serving you in less than ideal circumstances, will result in a lasting and sustainable desire to help you and others. I woke up this morning in a hotel room … [Read more...]
Feature Post: Printing (on paper) vs. Google
Authors Note: If you do not work in the printing industry, read this post from the perspective of accepting change in your industry and recognizing who your real competitors are. Your competition is not the printer down the street. Your competition is Google. Right now, they are kicking your … [Read more...]
A Real Thank You to the Greatest Generation
I've had the honor to know and meet many members of the greatest generation. Their greatness comes from their humility which is at the core of living a real, authentic and sustainable life. Thank you to all the men and women (and their families) who have served and continue to serve. To those who … [Read more...]
What Is Your Criticism Style?
I went to bed last night thinking about some nasty comments on Chris Brogan's blog related to Third Tribe (a fee based community for like minded marketers on the internet that Chris helped found). I'm not worried about Chris, he's a big boy and can take it. (price of fame and all) It got me … [Read more...]
9 Books That Inspire Me
I assembled this list of nine books to provide a sense of the sources of inspiration that have led me to write about real, authentic and sustainable living. One book is queued up and ready to be read. Two are in various states of being read at the same time which has led to several interesting blog … [Read more...]
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