Lance Armstrong, Intuition and Your Brand
I hired Lance Armstrong, the famed cyclist and multi-year Tour de France champ, to be a keynote speaker at a customer management conference I produced a number of years ago. If I recall correctly, we paid him around $100,000 to deliver a 90-minute presentation, plus...
What My Cat Taught Me About Embracing Your Quirks
My cat Jezzy was a real trip. I say “was” rather than “is” because a week ago Jezzy didn’t come home. Sadness. She went out to play in our yard, and never made it home. My hunch is that a larger animal got her. We do live in the woods. And the cycle of life is a...Question Corner: Is This Business Idea a Good One?
Question: “I’ve reached the conclusion I want NOTHING more to do with my former career on Wall Street, and am so tired of interviews that end up nowhere. I have to make things happen for myself. I’ve spent endless nights spinning my wheels as to what I can do,...Scratching the Itch for Something More
I attended a dear friend’s wedding in California this weekend that really got me thinking. You see, this dear friend and I were roomies in New York City in the early 2000s, which seems like a lifetime ago. Memories came flooding back to that point in my life … Back...