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Global warming … arguably, one of the most important challenges of our time. Whether or not the concept is real, though, everyone knows what it is and most people are concerned about it. Politicians stake their campaigns on fighting global warming, non-profits build reputations collecting money to stave of disaster. We teach the idea in…
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Humans are messy creatures. We create piles of work that needs to be done, piles of work that’s already done, and piles of work that we never want to do. Our work spaces are cluttered, ineffective, and downright … comfortable. Let’s face it, we like to be surrounded by a little disorder once in a…
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Probably not the kind of “how-to” article title you expected to see, is it? Nevertheless, I want to give you a short lesson. Step 1: Build up a stellar brand and either push your competitors out of business or buy them up and leverage their core competencies. Step 2: Having eliminated all of your competitors…
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As a kid, I always would look up to people in higher grades and wait for the day when I, too, could be like them. They’d get out of school earlier, or have the option of a late start, or … fill in the ellipses with whatever it was the older kids had a right…
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I’ve always had these three imaginary Roman pillars in my mind. When I need to escape something, be it monotonous work, a boring movie, or an uncomfortable moment with friends of friends, I retreat there in my mind. I kind of imagine a garden, full of life and beauty, with three huge marble pillars in…
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Climbing is tough. You stand at the bottom of a huge cliff and stare up at what seems to be an insurmountable object … a wall that was not built for climbing. After all, we use stairs and elevators now, why would anyone want to climb up a cracked wall? My fear of heights…
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A few days ago I was introduced to the concept of a ‘Life Laundry Day.’ It’s a novel concept where you set aside one day each week (or month) and clean up not just the physical parts of your life, but the mental parts as well. I usually set Sunday’s aside. I get up early…
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As a kid, I always wanted to have the best art supplies. Both my brother and I liked to draw, sketch, and paint. We would fight during the summer over school supplies because we always wanted to get the best colored pencils, the largest box of crayons, and the most expensive art stock. It was…
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I had a long conversation with someone the other day about the differences between push and pull marketing. It was a little disappointing, though, because they had already invested a great deal of time and money developing their pull marketing strategies under the assumption that there was no difference between the two types. Not all…