September 21, 2010 · 11:33 am
I was driving back to the office yesterday and passed the Little League fields here in town. It was late on a beautiful fall afternoon and there were a couple of games going on. I’m guessing the kids were somewhere around 10 or 11 and from the looks of their uniforms they had been playing for a bit.
I had an immediate reaction to this and it probably wasn’t what you’d expect. Oh sure, I think it’s great that they were outside and playing instead of vegging out in front of the TV or video game. But I found it kind of disturbing and it kicked off a business thought as well. Let me explain. Continue reading →
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September 20, 2010 · 12:07 pm
Here’s yet another one for our list of things that make you go “hmm.” It’s a study released by COLLOQUY and the Direct Marketing Association about social media and marketing and it contains a number of interesting facts along with the aforementioned “hmms”. But maybe I’m overreacting so let’s put it out there and see what you think. Continue reading →
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September 17, 2010 · 8:34 am
We’ve made it to the end of another week and so a food-related topic for today. Actually, it’s more of a lack of food topic since I want to mention a thought I had about fasting and business.
Tomorrow is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, a day on which every Jew is supposed to refrain from eating and drinking. That obligation is taken so seriously that one is considered to have participated fully in all the prayer services if they complete the fast even if they never set foot in the synagogue. Last month was Ramadan – a month in which Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. There are fasts in almost every major religion and the notion of willingly abstaining from food and drink as penance or for some other reason is yet another thing most religions have in common.
But penance is not what prompted the thought about business (a religion for some as well, I know). Continue reading →
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