SEPTEMBER 2009

First, sorry I haven't posted in a week. I was on a speaking tour that permitted no time for blogging. I need to learn to sandbag....

First. I want to recommend a book: Syrup

Very good MKTG course. And, if you deal with office politics, it's a 'must read'.

Now here's a thought spurred by a business buddy of mine.

When decisions or ideas are discussed at business meetings and a consensus is needed, should anyone with greater ...
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Seth Godin has the gall to suggest we remove righteous indignation from our "toolbox"! Can you believe that?

Imagine! The man has the nerve to actually tell other people how they ought to behave. Well Mr. Godin, if we are to cast away our very effective so-called tool that usually helps us get our way, what would you have us put in its place?

Oh, I can just hear your typical "I'm better than you" response ...
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I believe I have found what is probably the most important long range economic indicator ever charted. It's the "Nut Factor".

It starts with lots of UFO reports. (90's?) Then you start to see TV shows of people 'contacting' the dead.  When you see rises in these two things, you know the nuts are gaining steam and things will start to decline.

Recession is right around the corner when you hear about the government cover-up of the ...
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You can't return to square one if you experience a project failure any more than than you can return to 2008. In fact, the entire expression of 'returning to square one' is invalid.

Seth Godin offers up a post today about returning to square one. Sometimes you must, posits Seth. I say you can't.

If you start over with anything, you start over with experience. That alone improves your chances of success. Maybe you start over ...
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