Every day I wake up and I think it’s still March. I look at my calendar and I’m reminded that is not the case, but still somewhere deep inside of me it feels like March. It’s easy to get confused. The days have all run into each other since we all started sheltering in place. […]
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” […]
The Hottest New Trend In Marketing
I’ve been a fan of Scott Galloway and his company L2 Digital for awhile. The business intelligence they offer and the artful way in which they deliver that content is one of many reasons I rarely miss an episode of Winners and Losers in a Digital Age. So the chance to hear him speak live […]
What I Learned By Listening To My Own Personal Brand Story
People pay me to pick my brain – literally. I even have a product called Pick My Brain. But despite all I say and do, I often don’t follow my own advice. I’m guilty of what I coach others not to do. I make myself small. I ignore my strengths and accomplishments and obsess over […]
What I Learn From Teaching Graduate Students
When someone asks me why I teach my first answer is because I genuinely enjoy it. No one should ever teach if they don’t. It’s not the kind of job you can call it in when you aren’t up to it. If you’re good at what you do, you have to bring your whole self […]
World Wide Rave
One of the really great things about my life now is that I have time to learn. Not that I wasn’t learning new things when I was caught up in 9 to 5 but it was a lot harder then, especially when you are on the sales end. Revenue producers, particularly in the current economic […]