by Bruce Turkel | May 10, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Marketing & Advertising
You know the old joke: Q: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall? A: “Practice, man, practice.” This joke was probably never funny but it was accurate. In the old days before the Internet was as common as sense is not, the ability to do something well was the best predictor...
by Bruce Turkel | May 2, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Lolly Daskal and The Leadership Gap Every day someone recommends a book I should read, a movie I should watch, a podcast I should hear. Boy, does it stress me out to have to add to my list of Must-Dos. Who has time to digest all this information? And if I do get...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 25, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Self-Referencing Criteria You know the old story: Four blind Indian Fakirs are wandering down a path through the jungle when they bump into something blocking their way. The first Fakir grabs hold of what he thinks is a tree trunk. “We have wandered off the path into...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 28, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Monetize talent.Vincent Van Gogh died broken and penniless. He could not monetize talent. Takashi Murakami figured out how to monetize talent. He makes big money selling cartoonish figures and licensing his outrageous designs for $5,000 limited edition Louis Vuitton...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 22, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Redefine Your Dreams Sometime in the early 2000’s, Dr. William Werther was chatting with my father. Bill was telling my dad that his greatest goal in life was to be a philanthropist. And even though Dr. Werther knew that he had helped scores of students throughout his...
