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?
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We almost never hear the tales of the defeated, only the winners. We barely ever get the opportunity to learn from others’ mistakes; instead we wind up trying to emulate the paths taken by the victorious. No one promotes tales of woe, only cries of success. After all, what myth, what movie, what legend, what saga would excite audiences with stories of failure and loss?
The fantastic lead singer and guitar player in our band was relocating to Atlanta. So after about 10 or so years gigging around Miami, our Saturday night show at the Titanic Bar would be our last time together. And at around 1:45 in the morning, the set we were playing would be our last together, ...
I love the holidays. That’s probably not such a unique statement. You probably love the holidays, too. Maybe you love holidays for the traditions, maybe for the food. Maybe you love the gifts, or the reassuring rituals. Perhaps you have a religious or spiritual connection to the reason for the season. Maybe you like the ...
For the past 700-something newsletters we’ve shared, I have tried to focus on who your customer is. Today I’d like to talk about something even more important — who your customer isn’t. In David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, people who are not your clients are described simply as folks who, “…just like to talk to ...
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. ...
Are you a consultant, a professional, a coach or a service provider who has had a client do something egregious that really pissed you off? If so, how did you respond? I’m writing this blog on November 23rd, which is the birthday of my long-time business partner and friend Roberto. Thinking about him on his ...
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 ...
People used to sit on the porch or in the parlor and play musical instruments. Today we just hit the “play” button on Apple Music or Spotify and listen to anything we want. People used to grow seasonally-appropriate fruits and vegetables in window boxes and backyard gardens. Today we pick any fruits or vegetables we ...
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. ...
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Years ago a good friend of mine was invited to speak at one of those big motivational speaker events. You know the kind – the ones that advertise celebrity speakers such as George W. Bush, Mr. T, and some famous Southern college football coach. They set the admission price really low to fill the venue ...
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 ...
Do you think you’re smarter or more talented than the people around you? More to the point, do you think you’re smarter or more talented than you really are? If so, you’re not alone. The Dunning-Kruger Effect describes a specific cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their knowledge or ability. Simply put, it explains ...
I think that Billy Joel is one of the greatest songwriters in modern American pop music. Joel stands along with Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Carole King, Jackson Brown, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Smokey Robinson, and Bruce Springsteen. Of course your list may vary. My favorite Billy Joel song? Summer Highland Falls, from his Turnstiles album ...