I Could Never Sell

“Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else’s head.” – Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw: and Other Adventures What the Dog Saw: [...]

Reading Crush It, by Gary (Gennady) Vaynerchuk. In a box by itself he says “Social Media = Business”.  If you want to know what that means, says a note at the bottom of the page, you can email Gary. I have an idea what that means.  Walk with me for two minutes? You walk the [...]

You’re getting good at this. You’ve got it down to a formula. Before you do someone wrong, catch them in the wrong. Then it’s right to wrong them. It’s justice. It’s your duty.

Why so much about politics here? First… The guys who sell us candidates know how I vote by the car in my driveway (and whether I own the driveway). I don’t know about you, but that scares me.  I take that  as a challenge.  I don’t like anyone to know me better than I know [...]

Your waste is my living, my livelihood. If I want braces for my daughter’s teeth, or tuition for my son’s college, I want more waste, not less.