Are you an Amplifier or an Attentuator or a Squelcher? An Amplifier increases the power of a signal so a message can be heard by more people in more places. Do you use your resources and talents to help spread good ideas to those who need them? Do you retweet, and share, and like, and […]
What you focus on is what you work on. What you focus on will be the results you reap. If you focus on the exciting and positive opportunities around you, you will have exciting and positive things to work on. If you online focus on the negative events and people in the world, then it’s […]
Creative people in a variety of industries (design, photography, broadcast, writing, etc.) complain when they feel that client instructions and project guidelines somehow limits their ability to be innovative. I completely disagree with the idea that there are limits on creativity If anything, a project’s boundaries will likely force you to be more creative in […]
As advanced as automated website chat bots get, they are a poor substitute for human interaction. Do bots have their place? Probably — but it isn’t in the customer service industry. Have you ever had an amazing customer service interaction with a bot that was programmed to help you? At most it was “satisfactory” — […]
Prospecting for sales leads is too often described as “finding people to sell to” when it should truly be described as finding people who could really use your help to solve a problem. I think it’s infinitely more rewarding to get up in the morning and go in search of people who might be able […]
There can be a lot of pressure to come up with an idea. The problem is weighing on you or your client, there is a priority on solving it, and you begin wracking your brain to force it to spit out a brilliant idea (and that creative technique always works SO well, right??) The idea […]
I was recently watching a series on Netflix called The Spy. It’s based on the life of Israeli spy Eli Cohen and it’s a riveting, suspenseful series — but this post is about a quote within the movie that I found particularly interesting about plans and making mistakes. The following line is uttered by Eli’s […]