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Winners Gonna Win, Win, Win

Throughout recorded history, famous scientists and philosophers from Sir Isaac Newton to Paula Abdul have opined on the law of attraction. Simply put, opposites attract….or do they? Well, yes, but not...

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Prepare To Succeed

So you’re a successful person walking down the street to a business meeting, and a small bird lands on your shoulder. You immediately think: A small bird just landed on my shoulder You call yourself a...

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50 Ways Afraid

Let me just tell you up front – this is gonna hurt. Not in the physical pain, King Joffrey meets the Terminator kind of way (50 knaves to slay), but more like the “hurt so good” manner of John...

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Leverage Brand Equity

So You Won An Award – Now What? Hollywood isn’t the only club that throws a big party celebrating itself a few times each year. We in marketing do it too. Of course, we may not have the same knack for...

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Why You’ll Never Succeed

The Jonah Complex is defined as a fear of success which prevents the realization of one’s true destiny. Besides being the dumbest thing I ever heard, it is also the most asinine thing I ever heard....

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Channel Your Crazy

“Madness comes from God, whereas sober sense is merely human.” Plato This quote from Phaedrus was written almost 2,400 years ago, so the idea that gifted people are cuckoo for cocoa puffs has been...

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Everyone Hates You and They Should

What is luck? Is it some ephemeral elixir that magically anoints a chosen few at birth? Maybe it’s just a math equation, and all anyone needs to create luck is sufficient knowledge of the universe (and...

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Good ain’t good enough

Do you think you’re successful? Believe your personal engine is firing on all cylinders? Happy to sit back and watch the money and accolades roll in? Content with the current level of backslapping,...

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Suit Up & Show Up

You know me – I don’t shy away from the tough topics. I blog about what I believe and let the chips fall where they may. And oh yes, they do fall. Recently, I have blogged about conquering your fears,...

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Go To Hell?

When you are face down on the dirty concrete, laying in a pool of sweat and skank and still bleeding from the impact, what do you do? First thing I recommend – since you have some time to kill (until...

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Pulling The Shitweeds

GE used to do something like this – have their managers rank all their direct reports into three groups, with the bottom feeders (the underperformers) singled out for smaller (or no) raises,...

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Would You Rather Be Right….Or Happy?

One of my favorite things in the whole wide world is listening to uninformed people talk about themselves. (I also enjoy gas station cigars, binge-watching reality TV, and sorting rusty razor blades...

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What I Learned From Tony Danza

So what do the Baltimore Ravens, Indianapolis Colts, Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints have in common? The funny thing about blogging is that 99.9% of the time, I know more or...

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How To Get My Attention Via Email

If you’re at all like me, I’m sure that your journey through life creates many opportunities for distraction. Over here, Brian – talk to me! Please Brian – what’s your sign? Hi Brian, didn’t we meet...

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Challenge Possible.

I believe it was French author André Gide who wrote: “There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.” Hmmm. Coming from a Nobel Prize winner, I have to say that...

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Build Your Personal Brand……Or Someone Else Will.

Who do you want to be? If you don’t have an answer, think about it for a couple minutes and I’ll check back because it’s important. Everyone agrees that to be successful today, a company must develop a...

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The #Textalyzer Is Coming

Finally! A real common sense solution for those folks missing common sense. And good judgement. Every day during my commute I see folks swerving in the road, slowing down traffic in the fast lanes and...

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Nike is right – just do it

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard publishers say: “We’ve been considering monetizing our archives.” Excellent – in the time it took you to craft that profound thought you could have made...

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The Long Slow Burn of a Good Deal

Consider the cigar Long, contoured, and fragrant. Hecho a mano with a few carefully selected ingredients and an unflagging dedication to tradition, integrity, and ultimately, satisfaction. Done...

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Take The Money And Run

So I have good news and bad news. The world of media has been turned inside out by the internet. By now everyone knows that fact represents both the good and bad news. On the negative side, the online...

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