Connecting the dots of life and business

The popular Idea Festival brings a global audience to my good ol’ Louisville, Kentucky. While its name says festival, it collects more creative, smart folks in an area like a think tank. If you don’t much about the event, check out the agenda. The speaker list is impressive… Steve Wozniak, Tiffany Shlain, Ray Bradbury, Laurence [...]

I was in Atlanta to speak at a healthcare web conference on 9-11 and I’m sure you remember your location as well. Today, much has been said in the blogosphere about this day and I think that’s a good thing. It’s too easy to push it out of our consciousness. Let’s avoid the political side [...]

If you’re looking for business lessons, you don’t have to look hard. I found this one in the men’s restroom. The maintenance man for our building greeted me at the door with “watch out for the first urinal… she’s broke. We’re replacing all those auto-flush units with good old handles.” This was surprising to me, [...]

I’m a believer we’re all in sales. Maybe you’re selling your boss or your husband, but sales skills can be applied in many areas of life. If the person you’re selling to keeps telling you no, I suggest you find someone they know. This quote from Entrepreneur magazine (which I found from Rajesh’s great post) [...]

When I saw its name, I thought of Seth Godin. It was a small ice cream shop in Hilton Head Island called The Frozen Moo. They had almost 100 flavors, creative decor and a life-size cow statue. If you didn’t know, Seth is author of Purple Cow, The Big Moo and many other business/marketing best-selling [...]