Reminders of past successes to power your future
Ever had a day when you felt off, when you weren't accomplishing what you needed to accomplish, or worse, felt as though you didn't have the ability or capability to accomplish?
August 2, 2010
July 30, 2010
Solving the marketing frustration of knowing too little or too much
Chel Wolverton wrote a great blog post the other day about marketers spending too much time consuming, studying, and theorizing, but not enough time doing.
July 25, 2010
What the martial arts teach us about marketing basics
DJ Waldow asked:
July 13, 2010
Throwing mattresses and social media
One of my favorite learning and teaching metaphors comes by way of both the martial arts and Quantum Teaching (Amazon link). Imagine for a moment that the knowledge you have to impart to students is in the shape of a mattress. Imagine that it's immutable, meaning you can't magically shrink it or carve it up.
April 27, 2010
What your personal brand can learn from the legend of the ninja
What your personal brand can learn from the legend of the ninja
March 29, 2010
Exoteric, esoteric, and surviving in the knowledge economy
There are fundamentally two types of secrets in the world.
March 17, 2010
What marketing can learn from martial arts mistakes
One of the "secrets" that one of my teachers, Ken Savage of the Winchendon Martial Arts Center, says is that if a technique is not working, something in the previous step went wrong. If a throw isn't working, perhaps your footwork or positioning in the entry was wrong. If a kata (pre-arranged routine) isn't working at a certain point, rewind just one step to see if there's something that can be adjusted there, some effect that can be repaired so that the chain reaction of mistakes subsequent to the initial error can be prevented.
March 15, 2010
Ninja Mind Control Trick
So much of what we perceive is defined by subtle cues and clues. Ever heard the cliche that clothes make the man? Like many cliches, it's mostly true. The clothes you wear do indeed change the perceptions of others, controlling at least the initial impression, the blink, that you make. That's just the tip of the iceberg, though.
February 26, 2010
The reason why your personal brand sucks
Mitch Joel recently highlighted the army of clones out there that are all trying to use the same personal brand, thus more or less killing personal branding. He's dead on. Go search for the number of social media experts on Twitter to see just how much personal branding has turned into Attack of the Clones.
November 25, 2009
Why Serendipity Shouldn't Matter
Why Serendipity Shouldn't Matter
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