Once upon a time, the word gourmet conjured up sumptuous, rich foods of the highest quality: It was something we desired, something we sought after, something we aspired to. Then someone’s marketing department got a hold of the word and corrupted it beyond recognition into this sad joke: Once upon a time, there were a…
Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom No longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from Fill your lives with love and bravery And you shall lead a life uncommon – Jewel, A Life Uncommon Tell me what you struggle against and I will know that it is powerful,…
The Great Grilling Debate: Settling the Lighter Fluid Argument With Data It’s a scene that plays out in backyards across the country every summer. The grill master, tongs in hand, reaches for the can of charcoal lighter fluid. Immediately, a self-proclaimed purist from the crowd cries out, “You can’t use that stuff! You’ll ruin the…
Get out a sheet of paper, totally blank. Go sit by yourself somewhere, no technology anywhere nearby. Now remember the most important visual marketing campaign you did this year so far. Maybe it was a flyer. Maybe it was an email campaign. Maybe it was a new web site design or redesign. Draw it from…
… when so many businesses fail at ordinary. Every time you put your energy and resources into looking for the next big thing, you’re neglecting your ability to put those same resources in the current big thing you already have. Here are three things that substitute quite well for game-changing extraordinary: 1. Be helpful. People…
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For a long time, business owners wanted robots. Many still think they do. Obedient, efficient, precise – qualities that were highly valued in the manufacturing era in which most of us got an education and entered the workforce. Our entire educational system is based on making human robots – grades are effectively batches of similarly…
