Don’t know about you, but I’ve been blessed with an almost perfectly peaceful career. I’ve worked with hundreds of people who interacted with respect, professionalism, and strived to be a team. Most disagreements were about finding the best way to complete a project or reach a goal. Occasionally, there were personality conflicts. While we like […]
Tag: management
Go Musk Yourself!
Most likely you’ve heard about Elon Musk’s answer when asked about some corporations refusing to advertise on X platform. You may or may not agree with his message or tone even after listening to his entire two-minute response, but there is a learning takeaway from this incident. It’s a reminder that you have the ability […]
10 Email Marketing Mistakes to Avoid
There’s a right way, a wrong way, and a half-ass way to do everything. Pay attention to the details to stay on the right path. Lumping All Contacts Together. The “cookie cutter” approach to email marketing produces weak results. Sure, somebody might click to the next phase of the purchasing journey just as a broken […]
Movie Quotes for Successful Professionals
Movies are fun, informative, entertaining, uplifting, and thought provoking. I’ve been a movie buff my entire life. Mom took me and my sister to see movies like Bambi, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and Benji. Dad took me to my first grownup movie, Airport 1975, when I was twelve years old. My life has been influenced by […]
7 Habits for Time Management Success
Too much to do and not enough time. That’s the mentality of millions of us no matter how much is sounds like a cliché. Managing time is easier with rules as we’ve all learned. Some rules make sense, others are a struggle to follow, and breaking a few is like sneaking candy when you’re on […]
What Video Games Thought Me About Business
Yes, I’m a gamer. I’ve been playing since Pong was released, when Pac Man and Donkey Kong changed the world, and “Tom Sawyer” by Rush became the video gamer’s anthem. Even today, video games have taught me a lot about succeeding in today’s business world. Let me start with one of the basics: Every video […]
Keep Swinging: A New Look at Business and Baseball
Using sports analogies in business has been around since the Great Bambino swung a bat. Watching an MLB game at my local sports bar had me thinking about how much baseball really is the same as business and life. The batter must react to every pitch. We do that with each “pitch” Life throws at […]