It’s the first of the year and many people (me included) will be using today as a springboard to initiate new projects and start down a path toward the completion of new goals (and maybe kickstart a few old goals while we’re at it). The important thing is to take those first steps Know that […]
I recently had a chance to “ketchup” with Mike Rudd — The Hot Dog Extraordinaire — via Skype interview, and we spent about 30 minutes discussing Mike’s new book “When Can I Ketchup and Find My Hot Dog Stand” which is available on Amazon NOW, but you can get the Kindle version free if you […]
I recently moved into a new apartment and I’m still unpacking boxes. Mostly boxes of books that need to be unpacked and put onto shelves. The process got me thinking… What if instead of keeping and curating the books you’ve purchased over the years, you had to keep and display the knowledge and lessons and […]
I received the email below from a person who recently connected with me on Linkedin. I didn’t know this person myself, but we have several contacts in common, and this person currently does business as a vendor with a reputable company I worked with in the past — so it’s not like I randomly connected […]
Whenever I facilitate a brainstorm session for an organization, I follow a rule of having all the participants in the room scribble down every single idea they can think of within the first 5-10 minutes …and then throw them all away. There are three reasons I do this: ONE: Someone else already thought of those ideas […]
Hilary is the Author of the book One White Face which tells her story of leaving the first love of her life for a dream job out of college with Toyota in Singapore and throughout Asia. Since it’s release in 2011, the book has been featured in The New York Times, ForbesWoman, NBC, and is now […]
I am happy to announce the relaunch of a newly revamped and reinvented twist on an idea I had a few years back to sell custom brainstorms for just $5 each. The new www.FiveBuckBrainstorms.com offers original Don The Idea Guy brainstorms on a variety of topics that I choose — and that you can submit […]