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Random Thoughts Documented for Posterity

PLEASE NOTE: It's not written for you. It's for me.

PLEASE NOTE:
It's not written for you. It's for me.

My Feedback

The revolution enabled by the Internet eliminated walls and fences in favor of landmines and trap doors.
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Northern Lights

Confession: I own a lot of Christmas lights and if/when I have time in November I like to pull them out of storage and put
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In Memoriam

My brothers granted me the honor to eulogize each of my parents after their death. I’m posting them here because it is some of my
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Mac Ancestory

Ask someone “what was your first car?” and you'll likely get a steady stream of memories. For me, a slight variation prompts similar reflection: "What
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No Big Brother

We all have daily rituals when it comes to content consumption, but Big Brother is no longer setting the agenda.
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Thought Different

While pursuing my MBA, I wrote an investor report on Apple for a finance class.  At the time (2003) Apple's stock was valued at $14...
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Instructional Opportunity

When someone asks you for instructions on a task you didn’t assign, be mindful of the opportunity being presented.
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Spark THEN Burn

We don't mind sparks. But we are weary of fires.
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Relativity

You can use your income to assess your relative wealth, but it has no relevance in assessing a product’s value or the development of a
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Regret vs Retrospect

In February 2010 then Secretary of State General Colin Powell was asked by “Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer if he had "any regrets" endorsing
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Tools – Part Two

It is highly unlikely any of the applicants for your open marketing position have experience with ALL your digital tools. So take care writing your
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Tools – Part One

Batman may have a great utility belt, but that’s not what makes him Batman.
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Cognitive Quirks

A brain fart is just one of many cognitive quirks that can distract, disrupt, delay and divert our mental productivity. Let's review.
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Investing Time

If you are going to invest significant time in something, make certain you have a mechanism or means to evaluate your return.
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Communication

The challenge with marketing via digital communication is creating content strong enough to overpower everything else beyond our control that contributes to the message.
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Unreasonable Request

A man walks into a Ferrari dealership, approaches a salesperson, hands him a picture of a Ferrari Aurea GT and states "I'd like to buy
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Starting the Rigorous Pursuit

I have a plan for where this whole thing is going, but candidly it could come to a dead end. Regardless I am excited to
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Burn Rate

Know your burn rate. It's a simple measure of how fast you consume available resources and it greatly affects your professional and personal future.
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Failure 2 Fall

Fear of failure is common. And while it certainly can prevent us from trying, sometimes it prevents us from fine tuning.
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¢ontent vs ACCE$$

People will pay for content if it is necessary, irreplaceable and unshareable. Businesses who get excited about the first five words of that sentence don't
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Busy

If bees and beavers could understand English, they would be insulted by our universal labeling of their behavior as "busy".
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Anticipated Abandonment

It is estimated 95 percent of currently hosted blogs have been abandoned. There is a high probability this one will be abandoned as well.
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