A reader recently left a comment on the article I shared about how to take notes in meetings like the rich and powerful.

Here’s what she said when I asked what she found to be the most helpful piece of information in the article:

My friend sent me this article about the current best hook man in the music game, T-Pain, cancelling an upcoming tour. And there are all kinds of business gems to take from this, but first a quick clarification…

I hugged a cactus this weekend.

It was a special kind of cactus — one you can’t find just anywhere.

And this particular cactus I was embracing wasn’t on some weekend camping trip in the desert…

… 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 don’t know if you’ve heard… but there’s this show called Game of Thrones, which inspired this post. For the unindoctrinated, a quick google will tell you more than you need to know about the show and all the related conspiracy theories.

Now, on to what I really wanted to talk about.

If you tilt your head about 36 degrees to the left, close your left eye, and slightly squint your right-eye, the corporate world looks frighteningly similar to Westeros (the fictitious where most of the show takes place). [Read more…]