Posted on March 8, 2010 by Keith
I spent a while on a series of conference calls today. Some with clients, others with just vendors who would like to sell to those clients. It amazes me how wonderful every single one of their pitches sounded. Their products were capable of things that would have been unimaginable a few years ago and the costs to accomplish great things with them have plummeted. Pretty good, right? Of course, then came the pesky part – the Q&A – that seems to trip up so many folks. Read more »
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Posted on March 5, 2010 by Keith
Todays Foodie Fun Friday post is about Michael Pollan or, more specifically, his terrific book “In Defense of Food.” While I recommend you read that as well as his earlier “The Omnivore’s Dilemma“, what intrigues me beyond the important eating advice the book provides is Pollan’s ability to whittle the book down. We talk a lot about the elevator pitch in digital and this book has the best one I’ve ever seen. What is it? Read more »
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Posted on March 3, 2010 by Keith
I was thinking about this quote this morning:
An army without leaders is like a foot without a big toe. And Sergeant Hulka isn’t always gonna be here to be that big toe for us. I think that we owe a big round of applause to our newest, bestest buddy, and big toe… Sergeant Hulka.
OK, it’s really the tail end of a speech and you’ve all probably seen Stripes enough times to recite it yourself, but for some reason it popped into my head and I wanted to pop it into yours.
We’d all fall over without them, and I don’t mean the ones on our feet. I mean the folks who provide the stability in our lives. The subordinates who make us look good, the friends who pick us up when we’re down, the loved ones who hug us until we feel better. Heck, as long as we’re appreciating appendages, let’s send some love to the bosses that recognize we have lives beyond work, dreams that work make possible, and treat us like humans, not employees.
So today’s brief note is nothing profound, just a thank you to all the big toes in my life and some encouragement to you to do the same to yours.
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