Category: Buddhism
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Mind Readings: Gratitude and Delusion
In today’s mind readings, some thoughts on gratitude and delusion. Why is gratitude so hard for some people? It’s because gratitude is predicated on being thankful for what you have, and delusion is all about being unhappy that things are different than they are. Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the…
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Why Do I Love Data So Much?
Kate asks, “Why do you have such a fixation on data?” This is a more interesting, philosophical question than it might first appear. Yes, I emphasize data a great deal in my work; my company, Trust Insights, is rooted in data-driven marketing. But where did this all come from? A significant part comes from my…
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Strengths, Weaknesses, and Finding Your Goldilocks Balance
Daniel Johnson Jr. recently asked: For every one of my strengths, there is a balcony and a basement level. The balcony level of a strength is when the strength is showing up at its peak effectiveness. The basement level is when the strength can potentially become a weakness. For example, I’m one to whom strangers…
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You Ask, I Answer: Mental Wellness, Self-Care, and Marketing in a Pandemic?
Isaac asks, “How are you keeping your mental health afloat right now? With the covid news everywhere, its really hitting me hard. I deeply wish I could stop looking at social media right now, but its my job!” Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional. Consult a qualified medical professional immediately, especially if you feel…
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How Climate Destruction Brought Me Daily Clarity and Gratitude
We’re well past game over. We know it. From the destruction of large swaths of the Amazon to ever-accelerating carbon in the atmosphere, it’s game over for the human race. We had a decent run, and we all know who will be running the place long after we’re gone – our friends, the roaches, who…
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How to Use Your Music To Find Your Inner Superheroes
In the martial arts, we spend a lot of time learning how to face and deal with difficult situations, dangerous enemies, and unpredictable challenges. However, the worst, most dangerous enemies we often face are ourselves. We get in our own way. We sabotage ourselves. We make things more difficult than they have to be. We…
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When you can’t find your heroes
There’s an old adage, that if you look around the poker table and you can’t spot the sucker, you’re it. Let’s reframe that. If you look around and you can’t find your heroes, you’re supposed to be the hero.
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The 5 song playlist for tough times
We live in challenging times. There are so many opportunities for us to make ourselves sick with worry, so many ways to fill our days, nights, and Facebook feeds with anguish. Some of the worry is vicarious, and some of it is incredibly personal and firsthand. All that anxiety takes a tremendous toll on ourselves,…
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Become a better speaker by setting correct motivation
I was having dinner the other night with one of my coworkers, and we were discussing a talk I had delivered at a recent conference. During the course of the conversation, I related one of the biggest breakthroughs I had as a speaker that totally changed public speaking for me. In the beginning of my…
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Where Marketing’s Next Best Ideas Will Come From
In just a few weeks, on October 16, I’ll be helping to kick off the first day of the FutureM Conference here in Boston. My session, ambitiously titled “Where Marketing’s Next Best Ideas Will Come From“, will be more of a workshop than just a straight-up slideshow. We’ll play a little World of Warcraft, we’ll…
