Why I Like to Fly by the Seat of My Pants

February 2, 2010

I was talking to my friend Kathy today about public speaking.
Kathy and her husband speak to a lot of groups about marriage and personal relationships. And she told me she works best with a set of notes that remind her what ground she wants to cover in her talk.
And a light bulb immediately went on [...]

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A Vital Warning from Atop a Ferris Wheel

January 30, 2010

My favorite movie ever is The Third Man, the 1949 film noir thriller starring Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, and the incredibly hot Alida Valli.
I’ve owned the film on VHS, laser disc, DVD, and now Blu-ray.
Like I told ya, I really LOVE that movie.
So much so that I dragged Deb with me on a Third Man [...]

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Are YOU Guilty of These “Facebook Fumbles”?

January 26, 2010

I just heard this for the umpteenth time on one of my business forum hangouts:
“I don’t get it. Why waste your time with Facebook? How can it really help my business?”
You know, if I hadn’t reconnected with so many valuable “lost” friends and made so many priceless business contacts on Facebook over the past year, [...]

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Freelance Veteran Makes Stunning Confession

January 23, 2010

Few weeks go by these days that I’m not on the phone with my pal Bob Howells.
We’re both writers. And we’re both marketers.
We even graduated from high school together. Bob says it was eons ago, but I swear it seems like only yesterday.
At any rate, after school, I went on to serve a corporate master [...]

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Soaking Wet Pooches Utilize Marketing Strategies to Mixed Results

January 21, 2010

The weather on California’s central coast is NUTZ this week.
Yesterday afternoon, we experienced sunshine, rain, high winds, thunder, lightning, and even a rainbow — AT THE SAME TIME!
Yikes!
I know, I know. We west coast wussies are spoiled and don’t know what BAD weather really is.
But anyhow, these kooky conditions have kept me indoors with Deb [...]

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Weathering the Storms at Rancho Rhino

January 19, 2010

It’s Day 2 of a predicted week’s worth of stormy weather on the California coast. Lotsa rain, high-velocity winds, and bigass surf.
 
The toll so far at the Conger compound:
 
One uprooted tree.
 
Three very wet, tightly strung dogs.
 
Frequent power outages, i.e., spotty internet connections.
 
But Deb and I persevere — like the thick-skinned rhinos we are.
 
I’ve had rhinos [...]

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What We Can Learn From the Leno-O’Brien Mess

January 15, 2010

Are you following this crazy “soap opera” going on at NBC over their late-night programming?
Whether you prefer Jay Leno or Conan O’Brien doesn’t matter.
The culprits really responsible for this ugly talk show war can be found in the network’s executive offices.
The head honchos goofed. Big time.
They perceived a “crisis,” then responded to it with DESPERATION.
And [...]

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“Killer” California Quake Kills, uh, Nobody!

January 13, 2010

[Note: Just a few hours after this post was written, a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, to devastating effect. My prayers are with the people of that country. As someone who has lived through quite a number of damaging quakes in California, it's not my intent to minimize natural disasters. But I stand by the points [...]

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Are You Living Your Life on Purpose?

January 11, 2010

That can be a scary question, especially if you think you might not be.
But it’s gotta be asked occasionally, and my dear friend B.W. Richardson asked it on his blog this past week.
Lemme share Brian with you for just a minute:
“In the first song of his valedictory album Brainwashed, George Harrison caught me up short [...]

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Conger “Brain Trust” Displays Its Awesome Brilliance on a Lazy, Slow Weekday Morning

January 6, 2010

I spent an hour at Starbucks this morning with my friends Dave and Tim.
We didn’t solve the world’s problems. But we DID solve the problems of
two local restaurants and a small medical practice.
Too bad none of those business owners were there to take advantage of
our dynamic, impromptu brain trust.
Yessir, we were freakin’ brilliant.
We redesigned (without [...]

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