I Gotta Get Different Friends.

I met my running buddies at 5:45 this morning. We banged out five and a half miles at a nine to ten minutes per mile pace. Believe it or not, Barbara had already done five miles before the rest of the group even showed up, Daniel ran seven more miles after we...

The Myth Of Discovery

According to legend, a teenage Lana Turner was discovered at Schwab’s Pharmacy in Los Angeles. For years, Schwab’s was the place where actors got together to chat and exchange gossip. According to a website devoted to the pharmacy’s history: “In the ’30s and ’40s you...

Building Brand Value Interview

Last year I was at the National Speakers Association meeting in Anaheim, CA. Brian Walter interviewed me for their magazine and CD/radio show and was nice enough to post the interview on Facebook. You can listen to it by clicking HERE.

Make Mine Mobile

When I was in college, moving into the dorms was an arduous ritual. First we’d set up our stereos. Of course they were enormous – mine was comprised of big JBL speakers, a separate Marantz amp and McIntosh pre-amp, a Pioneer turntable and Aiwa cassette deck. The...

I Thought Of It First. But They Already Had It.

Do you ever get a call on your smartphone that you can’t return right away? Let’s say you’re in a meeting and your Mom calls. Of course you want to take the call but it would be rude. And you don’t want to let your Mom wait and wonder why you’re not calling her back....

The Deadbeat Brand

Have you ever been witness to the Pocket Pat?  When it’s done well, it’s a thing of beauty, lemme tell you. I was invited to lunch by a guy I’ll call Lloyd. He’s a successful local businessman and pretty wired into the goings-on in South Florida. When the bill...
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