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I’ve read Sheryl Sandberg’s speech to graduates several times this week. I even posted it on my Tumblr. The advice reminds me of something Penelope Trunk would say. The advice is powerful and it hits home, especially for me, especially right now. While the advice is geared to women, it’s applicable to men too. Women […]
Today on twitter, several people were taking pot shots and talking negatively about a 27-year-old being named Chief Digital Officer for New York City. Kudos to NYC for not caring about age or being smart enough to realize her youth and that she was qualified anyway. To the people taking pot shots? I think they’re […]
I liked this post so much, that I wanted to repost it… or at least the life lessons that I liked RELATIONSHIPS – treat your partner like a rocket ship. Get inside her and take her to heavens and back. – Love has nothing to do with looks, but everything to do with time, trust, […]
I’ve read a lot of “easy” five step plans lately. They make life seem oh, so easy. But, then again, maybe life is easy, especially when you don’t let you get in the way of you
For some reason, I love this song by Rob Thomas. Maybe because it references mockingbirds and that song holds a special place in my heart. Maybe because it has the ability to embody personal and professional trials. Here we stand Somewhere in between this moment and the end Will we bend? Or will we open […]
At iMedia’s Agency Summit this past week, one of the speakers talked about 3M’s motto since the 1940’s being, “Hire good people and leave them alone.” I love that idea. I wholeheartedly agree with that idea. Give people goals, encouragement and enough thought-provoking questions to take them to the next level, but on a day-to-day, […]
I had the pleasure of sitting in a “special” presentation today. It was one where the presenters had intimate knowledge of some key audience members and yet, structured their deck to go above every one’s head. They talked social and search. They threw in “scary” graphs with steep trends both up and down. And, they […]
One day soon I’m going to write a real post. I think about it every day. I write one in my head. But then, writing it here, the words and ideas seem silly (sillier than my usual ideas ). I think I may have writer’s block.