What can be said about Steve Jobs that hasn’t already be said. He was my hero. Back in the early 80′s against the advice of all my Stockbroker buddies who were buying IBM’s I bought my first Apple product the Apple IIe. I bought it because it was different. It looked different, it felt different, [...] Read more »
I want to talk to you about learning to say no. So let me share a story to illustrate my point. Several years ago my son Joshua owned a 1974 Bright Orange VW Bus. It needed some work. I found one of the best VW mechanics in the city. I called this mechanic shortly after [...] Read more »
I want to talk to you about first impressions and how they make you memorable. Let me share a story to illustrated my point. I went to an appointment the other day and was amazed at how I was greeted. As I walked through the front door the receptionist, Barbara, stood up, greeted me with [...] Read more »
I want to talk about how sometimes we are too quick to judge someone or something and we form our opinions way too soon. Each day as we travel through life we are exposed to many ideas, concepts, principles. Some of these ideas are relevant and some not. How do you know what’s relevant and what’s not? [...] Read more »
Over the years I’ve enjoyed the works of Seth Godin. Let me tell you why: In addition to being an amazing marketer and bestselling author, he’s also innovative, creative and the fearless founder of The Domino Project. In it’s own words, “The Domino Project is named after the domino effect—one powerful idea spreads down the [...] Read more »
In 1997, Apple was experiencing their fair share of troubles. They were losing market share and the general consensus was they were not going to make it. So much for general consensus. Steve Jobs came back to the company which he co-founded and began to innovate rather to compete. Today, Apple is the largest technology [...] Read more »
