by Bruce Turkel | May 19, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Listen to enough writers talk about their Muse and sooner or later it’ll dawn on you that while the act of writing is thought of lots of different ways, few of them are pleasant. Ernest Hemingway found looking for his Muse torturous. According to legend, Papa...
by Bruce Turkel | Sep 9, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Thanks to Mayor Bloomberg, there’s a lovely little park in front of the Macy’s New York flagship store on 34th street between Broadway and 7th Avenue. I lucked upon a garden table and chair shaded from the sun by a big patio umbrella and cooled by the wind rushing...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 22, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
When was the last time you reread the classics? Catcher in the Rye, maybe, or The Great Gatsby? Frankenstein or War and Peace? Whiz up and down through the centuries and you can add almost anything by Shakespeare, Faulkner, Twain, Bronte, Hemingway, and so many more...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 14, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
[Please note: I am on vacation this week and sharing one of my favorite posts from a few years ago. If it’s new to you, I hope you enjoy it. If you’re reading it for the second time, I hope you enjoy it again.] Do you know how to read musical notation? If you do you...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 8, 2012 | Branding
Spending time with people we agree with is a good way to avoid conflict. Watching news shows slanted towards our point of view is a good way to keep from getting too agitated. And reading books that explore the positions and opinions that mirror our own is a mighty...
