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...
by Bruce Turkel | Sep 10, 2012 | Branding
Here’s something I don’t understand: Status, financial success, legislative power, and importance are all the providence of commerce. Yet when we look back over history we see that great societies are remembered not by the business they did but by the art they...
by Bruce Turkel | Jul 22, 2012 | Branding
I met my running buddies at 5:45 this morning. We banged out five and a half miles at a nine to ten minutes per mile pace. Believe it or not, Barbara had already done five miles before the rest of the group even showed up, Daniel ran seven more miles after we...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Someone sent me an article that asked successful CEOs what they would rather do if they weren’t in their current positions. Doctor? Lawyer? Indian Chief? No, everyone wants to be a rock star. Guitar Center has built an enormous business selling guitars and amps to...
by Bruce Turkel | May 29, 2012 | Branding
Have you ever been witness to the Pocket Pat? When it’s done well, it’s a thing of beauty, lemme tell you. I was invited to lunch by a guy I’ll call Lloyd. He’s a successful local businessman and pretty wired into the goings-on in South Florida. When the bill...
