Eleven years ago this month I published my very first blog. Eleven. Years. Ago. That was the Fall of 2008. The world was teetering on financial collapse and people were terrified. Myself included. I was four months into unemployment and uncertain what I would do next. The only thing I was sure of was that […]
Why My Social Media Queue Sits Empty
Buffer keeps sending me emails telling me my social media queues are empty. It’s usually a nice reminder when you’re a solopreneur and the social media scheduler you pay to use reminds you that you’re behind in your self-promotion. But not this morning. Not today. Not on July 1. Today it was just another reminder […]
The Commencement Speech No One Asked Me To Deliver
It will come as no surprise that I am no Scott Galloway. I have my hair, I am not a serial entrepreneur who founded nine firms and according to his latest book, The Algebra of Happiness, Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning, I am paid far less by NYU for each “podium” […]
What I Learned During The Facebook And Instagram Outage
A funny thing happened during the Facebook, Instagram and What’s App outage this week. We all survived. The world kept spinning. Nobody died because of it – at least not that we know of and Mark Zuckerberg’s quest for world domination was met with the harsh, cruel reality that his social kingdom was not necessary […]
When What Brings You Joy Is Taking A Break
It seems everyone is tidying things up. Cleaning out closets. Shredding papers. Sending clothes to Goodwill. Letting go, as Marie Kondo suggests in her book, Tidying Up (which for the record I have not read nor have I watched the Netflix series) of anything that does not bring you joy. On the one hand this […]
Three Good Reasons To Get Newsprint On Your Hands
One of the first things I learned when I started selling radio ads was from one of my colleagues. That was to read the newspapers and never to limit myself to just one. This was long before the wide selection of 24/7 cable news channels, social media networks and the Internet that clutter the landscape […]
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