Career Coach. Management Consultant. Writer. Marketer. Accountant.
Here’s something I that caught my eye recently in the Wall St Journal. MBA applications are down fire the fifth straight year. You know why?
The journal didn’t say all of this but if you take a close look you’ll see you can break down the answer into three parts. Part of it is due to higher hurdles in the immigration / visa process.
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So I was at one of my favorite local restaurants a couple of days ago and I noticed something different.
My kids ordered milkshakes and like any good dad I patiently waited for my opportunity to swoop in to sneak a sipā¦
Something weird happened though because when they brought it out, it was the milkiest milkshake Iāve ever seenā¦ for the second time in as many visits. You might even describe it as sad because it was WAY more milk than shakeā¦
But thatās not the reason this was the saddest milkshake. More on that in a second. [Read more…]
I was pushing through another marketing book recommended by some folks I trust (The Copywriterās Handbook by Bob Bly) — when I came across a line that stopped me dead in my tracks. [Read more…]
“If youāre going to throw it, make it count.”
Thatās advice I got during a sparring session with one of the black belt instructors at my Tae Kwon Do school.
Since Iām an adult and alsoā¦ not smallā¦ I usually end up paired with an instructor instead of another student for sparring. You learn more but you pay for it with your pride… [Read more…]
I want to let you in on a secretā¦
That thing youāre doing on Linkedin probably isnāt going to get the result you think it is.
Hereās what I mean. [Read more…]
I hugged a cactus this weekend.
It was a special kind of cactus — one you canāt find just anywhere.
And this particular cactus I was embracing wasnāt on some weekend camping trip in the desertā¦
ā¦ this cactus was actually in a little shopping center right outside of Atlanta, and I plan to keep going back to hug it over and over again. [Read more…]
I was walking down the street in San Francisco the other day when someone stuck this ad in front of my face.
Iām not even sure why I grabbed but I did, and only glanced at it before stuffing it into my pocket. I kept walking back to the office and then I took a closer look at it.
A couple of things jumped out, mainly being I wasnāt sure what they did. Is it a restaurant or is it food delivery or some other new thing someone cooked up?
Funny enough, when I went to get lunch later I saw the same MealPal logo in the restaurant and thatās what made me even come back to this ad to give it another thought.
Hereās why I bring this up. If youāre running your own business you can take this lesson and apply to your own marketing. [Read more…]
I bet you think this email is about you. And it isā¦ but itās also notā¦
Hereās what I mean.
Back in June I went to a conference and one of the things the keynote speaker talked about was a scenario where he was lined up for a CFO role he thought he deserved.
Instead of him getting the role, they brought in someone from the outside and made it a CFO/CMO role. (Maybe thereās a path someday to bring together both of my worlds!)
Heād never heard of such a role before (neither have I), so naturally he was upset and went through the normal phases of feeling slighted ā anger -> they donāt appreciate me -> I donāt have to put up with this/I can do better elsewhere.
Fast forward a bit and heās getting the inside scoop on what happened from a friend/mentorā¦ [Read more…]
I got a random inmail message on LinkedIn yesterday that highlights something a lot of people struggle with:
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I saw your profile on the certified writerās directory for the smart blogger content marketing course.
I was thinking about joining the course and I had a few questions I wanted to ask. [Read more…]
āIām scaredā was the first thing my son said to me yesterday morning.
And again, I let him know he wasnāt alone because I was scared too.
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