The key to being interesting is to go where you aren’t boring. Found on the internet. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about marketing and what that means for me and my business. It doesn’t take much looking on the internet to find someone that usually has a bunch to say about how you …
I’ve written about “authenticity” on social media. And I contend that what we see on social media is not actually a true reflection of a person’s authenticity. Social media is designed to be curated (See: social media filters) and I don’t think its really reflective of who people really are. That is why I try …
I ran across a round-table discussion with several dramatic actors on YouTube the other day. The general discussion was pretty interesting. And then one of the comments that was made by one of the actors really struck a chord with me. Richard Madden said “I was never more confident than when I had no success, …
How many times do you think about doing something, or starting something new, or even finishing something you already started and then you just lock it away and it never sees the light of day? Why is that? At its most basic level, I think we are afraid. We are afraid of failure. Or we …
Fair warning: This one may ruffle some feathers here and there. And while I can claim that’s not the intent, I know its going to happen. So to those folks that may get ruffled. I simply ask that before you pull out your flamethrower to burn me to a crisp. You take a step back …
We all have obsessions in our lives. They aren’t always called obsessions, but they usually are. And just to be clear, I’m not talking about clinical obsessions. Those are well outside my area of expertise. (And I haven’t yet played a Doctor in a commercial so I don’t even have that to fall back on.) …
If you are a small business and spend any time on the internet these days, you can’t avoid articles and posts about building personal brands for your business. Personal branding and branding your small business are all the rage these days. But what does it really mean? The general wisdom states that your brand is …
I mentioned in a previous post that I considered myself a collector of skills. And that prompted quite a bit of discussion and private messages and emails about how I managed to acquire random skills and how I was able to manage to keep learning stuff. There seemed to be a good number of folks …
I mentioned in another post that I’m a maker and I have accumulated a wide variety of skills that I use to build and repair and create with. It occurred to me that I really wanted to expand on that project process a little more as I think I can offer some tips that may …