A Cup of Coffee to Timing for Success
It’s true–timing is everything.
Especially when it comes to potential customers who have expressed an interest by visiting your website, filling out a form, or leaving a phone message.
Small businesses often make the mistake of putting these potential leads in a “to be contacted” file for follow-up within a few days. This, however, significantly …
What is Your Preference, Judging or Perceiving?
Are you someone who prefers to structure your activities or do you prefer to go with the flow? Identifying your personality preference for judging or perceiving helps you figure out your characteristic approach to work. Determine if your brand is more about making decisions and achieving results or being flexible and adaptable.
Personality type theory …
Be Unpopular
On Sunday night, I had dinner at RockSugar in Century City (the Jetson-style skyscraper park in Los Angeles). It’s typically impossible to get into, unless you are willing to wait a few hours. Along with my “I’m hungry now!” family, I waltzed into this one-of-a-kind Pan Asian palace, which is lined with golden statutes of …
Become More of a Change-Maker for Yourself
“Don’t wait until you are out of work or laid off to change. If we have learned one huge lesson from the current employment scenario, its pay attention to and keep changing with change.”
In the summer of 2005, I realized that my 23 year career in broadcast radio was about to change dramatically. I …
Did TweetDeck Just Ruin Twitter For Us All?
Why you should avoid Deck.ly’s dreaded long tweets and more.
One thing I like to teach is that if you want someone to do something, make it as easy as possible for them to do it. Sometimes this advice can backfire when it comes to something that you DON’T want people to do.
TweetDeck, recently …
Sledding Through Life
We all aspire to have our lives proceed like an afternoon of sledding on a snow-covered hill. We seek to position ourselves so that our lives effortlessly glide along at a pace so exhilarating that the wind seems to blow through our hair. Wwwweeee!!! And as we whip along, our networks grow and our personal …
Lessons Learned from 3 Recent Personal Branding Disasters
It’s easy to see other’s personal brands take a turn for the worse when they’re in the spotlight. But it’s important to take lessons from those disasters. Let’s take a look at some recent issues facing public figures:
Hosni MubarakIf you follow global news (and even if you don’t), you’ve heard about the recent …
This Is So Funny, It Happened To Me Too!
“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.” – Glenn Clark
How do you express your sense of humor without going overboard, off the edge, or over the top online and in person? I think this is really hard to do, but if …
What’s Peripheral Vision Got to Do with Your Brand?
Sick of chasing your tail and ready to get bigger, bolder, and more provocative with your personal brand? A sense of peripheral vision comes in handy, and a potent dose of creative thinking. This is, after all, about daring to peer beyond your brand to unlock those hidden assets you’ve tucked away. It’s what’s going …
What’s Your Preference, Sensing or Intuition?
Do you prefer to observe facts and realities or pay attention to ideas and possibilities? Identifying your personality preference for sensing or intuition helps in understanding how you choose to focus your attention.
One is not better than the other and, at times, everyone uses sensing and intuition to become aware of realities and ideas. …