by Bruce Turkel | Apr 5, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
A recent story on public radio talked about the logistics of pursuing smugglers of coveted black rhino horns. The officer interviewed made the point that the discoveries made in this case also helped uncover smugglers of guns, drugs, and even human traffickers. His...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 24, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Last weekend Gloria and I were in the right place at the right time when we went up to Washington DC to celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary. Our daughter came down on her spring break and our son had just moved to Washington to find a job in the political arena so...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 9, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
925<247365 2,400 years ago Socrates said, “ὁ δὲ ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ.” (For those few of you who don’t read Greek, Socrates’ statement translates to something like, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”) Thanks to the computer’s limitless ability...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 3, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
I just left a message for a highly successful buddy of mine. Or at least I tried reaching him. His receptionist was so busy, so stressed, and so rude that her best customer service was to tell me to “call back later.” Now as it happens, I will call back. And it won’t...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Want to know how to ask for money? Pull off any expressway and down onto any exit ramp in any big city in America and you’ll probably have the same experience: There will be a man or woman dressed in soiled clothes and filthy sneakers standing at the red light hoping...