Knowledge is Not Power

Knowledge is Not Power

Recently, a large company whose name you would instantly recognize (but whom I won’t name) was about to merge and transition their business and their brand. They had brought in a well-known advertising agency (whom I also won’t name) to help them manage...
Just Show Up

Just Show Up

I was speaking at a conference in Denver and met a very successful entrepreneur who told me he wanted to be a keynote speaker. I offered to show him the ropes and let him know what it would take. “When are you going to be out west again?” he asked.  (I live in Miami....
Patience, My Ass…

Patience, My Ass…

When I was a kid, there was a head shop in our neighborhood called The Great Train Robbery. Perched in their window was a black light poster that featured two seedy-looking vultures lurking on the limb of a dead tree. One says to the other, “Patience, my ass....
Brand Building and Social Media

Brand Building and Social Media

My friend and great keynote speaker Randy Gage turned me on to this article the other day: “University of Georgia football fans are taking their fandom to the next level ahead of a game between the Bulldogs and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Dill’s Food City, a...
How to Get the Best Results

How to Get the Best Results

The one hour, time-certain meeting convened at 10:00 AM.  It’s 11:45 and we’re only about halfway through the agenda. The enormous conference table is completely surrounded, and even more people fill the folding chairs around the walls. A DOT engineer is...
Please Do Me a Favor

Please Do Me a Favor

Are you familiar with the psychological phenomenon called the Benjamin Franklin effect? It’s where a person who has already performed a favor for another person is more likely to do a second favor for the same person than if they had received a favor from that...
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