Just like you, I get a ton of emails and phone calls and LinkedIn messages from complete strangers reaching out to me for the very first time and asking me to do something for them — usually to return a phone call (or email) to entertain a pitch for their services, give them information about […]
I hear a lot of people complaining that they haven’t reached the heights they feel that they deserve. They don’t have the title they want, they’re not getting paid what they want, they don’t have the social partner that they want. They want to level-up, but they don’t want to pony-up what it takes to […]
Most people don’t want to hear your idea because they have plenty of ideas of their own. They don’t want to add another idea to their list of things that remain undone. I learned this fact while marketing my brainstorming-for-hire services. I sold many one-on-one idea generation sessions, but I found there was more need […]
This is an Idea. It is a single pithy phrase that ricochets around the inside of your head for weeks. It is a single slide in the midst of a hundred deck PowerPoint presentation that compelled you to quickly pull out your phone and snap a photo of it before the speaker could advance to […]
Joan Jett may not give a damn about her bad reputation, but you better. With so many online resources like search engines, business rating sites, and social media platforms to reference prior to ever meeting someone face-to-face, your reputation enters the room long time before your physical body actually does. One bad review that tarnishes […]
There is a term in architecture called a Folly which refers to a building that is primarily constructed to decorative, but through its appearance suggest some other purpose. For instance, there is a folly in Dunmore Scotland designed to be a botanical hot house whose purpose is to grow fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants requiring […]
Inspiration may drive creativity — but you still have to steer. Creative drive come from a lot of places… random inspiration, focused brainstorming, personal and professional goals, etc. but creative drive doesn’t realize its fullest potential useless you’re steering it in a productive direction. If you have creative drive, but you’re not behind the wheel […]