None of us want to admit it. But deep inside most of us know our own consumerism is a large part of our purpose, self-image, and self-worth. Why is this?
Now is the time to move, the time to act, the time to make something happen. Now is the time to prove that the show must go on. Now is the time to prove that you’re a pro!
As our lives and our economy continue to open up, are you and your business in the New Normal, the Now Normal or the No Normal?
Big changes are on our horizon. They’re coming our way whether we’re ready for them or not. Which means now is your best opportunity to search for certainty in uncertain times.
In the old days, before CORONA and also before the Internet, it was easy to keep your personal and professional lives separate. But today, technology, social media, work habits, and our reaction to the pandemic all conspire to force our lives together. The real opportunity for all of us is to look at the benefits of combining our lives while we improve both of them at the same time.
Click HERE if you’d rather watch the video. This week’s breaking news was about Johnson & Johnson and Merck working together to produce Johnson & Johnsons’ COVID vaccine. CNBC pointed out that this sounded like a truly extraordinary collaboration. But then, extraordinary times do require extraordinary efforts. Think about it: Who would ever think that in a million ...
Instead of recreating your entire life, why not take a good look at what has come before and figure out how you can make simple changes and modifications to build something that works for you?
The descriptions for opportunities also being threats are legion: One person’s ceiling is another’s floor; One person’s trash is another’s treasure; One person’s meat is another’s poison; One person’s pleasure is another’s pain; One person’s loss is another’s profit; A thing which is a sin to one is a blessing to another. Which one of these descriptions fits your next opportunity? After all, as the second footwear salesperson learned at the beginning of this post, if the shoe fits, wear it.
What is Thanksgiving all about? Forget the turkey and the stuffing, forget the apocryphal story of the Pilgrims and their native Americans dinner guests, try to even forget about the cranberry sauce and the pumpkin pie. The real meaning of Thanksgiving is right there in its name. Thanksgiving. Thanks. Giving. In other words, giving thanks. ...
There’s an old line in the classic car business worth thinking about: “Don’t buy the car, buy the seller.” Its meaning should be obvious. And it is only becoming more important now thanks to emerging technologies and the Covid crisis. People are buying collector cars sight unseen over the Internet. Of course, back in the ...
Even though I try to keep these blog posts fresh, timely, and relevant, there is a lag time between when I write them and when you read them which sometimes makes that difficult. For example, the day I wrote this post, Daylight Savings Time hadn’t fallen forward yet. So 5:25 PM was still 5:25 PM. ...
Friends invited us to join them for dinner at their sailing club the other night. Thanks to Coronavirus, the restaurant isn’t open but they’re allowed to bring in food. So we were able to sit by the water and enjoy delicious take-out Thai food while we watched the boats and the pelicans and enjoyed some ...
Gloria and I were watching some music awards show where Bruno Mars was performing Amy Winehouse’s song Valerie. During the performance, the horn players were doing a little dance when all of a sudden they jumped up and did a coordinated dance move. Of course they did it at precisely the same time. If you ...
Not very long ago – sometime in early to mid-April – it seemed as if almost everyone I know was calling and telling me they were how concerned they were. Covid. Unrest. Lockdown. Politics. The economy. Despite their concerns, the common word they all seemed to use was “uncertainty.” After hearing different versions of the ...
There are at least 301 words with 11 or fewer letters in the English language that contain the word SHIP. How do I know? I went to www.WordFind.com, typed in S H I P, and added up the results. Sure, you can probably come up with another one or two – I’m not suggesting this ...