A Lesson in Winning…from Eleme...

Just like any suburban-american kid growing up in the 80s, we had bake sales, cake walks, and 739 other elementary school fundraisers named after sweets our mothers didn’t want us to have. Often, these...

Personal Social Awareness: Defining ...

As a note: I am qualifying “Personal” here, because “Social Awareness” has become a significant conversation in the corporate space.  This blog post will talk about the social...

Business Entertainment Literature

If you read a lot of business books, chances are that you are reading a lot of Business Entertainment Literature. Big deal, right? Well, it is, depending on what you think you are reading. The Promise of...

The Difference Between Cost and Valu...

Cost is what is spent. Value is what is earned. Cost is time, money, energy, lost opportunity, reputation, etc. Value is time, money, energy, lost opportunity, reputation, etc. Some things cost a lot, and have...

Plurality and Domain Names

I recently designed an idea for a new website, so I purchased the singular and plural domains.  I bought both for the sake of protecting the idea.  The domain names are the name of a kind of person…for...

“Feel Free to…” vs...

I have recently been giving much more pointed focus to my communications, the language that I use and its effectiveness, different writing styles, etc. One thing I have noticed is that I often say “feel...