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Who do you want to work for

Connecting, Creativity, Work Life

What Do You Want To Work For?

Everybody wants a paycheck. Nobody wants to “work for a paycheck.” Because if a paycheck is all you’re working for, you will have a hard time finding joy and passion in your work. What is it you want to work for? A cause? An ideal? Your team? A product you believe in? The ability to create something unique? It’s different for everyone. And it changes over time. I’ve been lucky. And even more so in the year and change since my 25+ year agency job disappeared. Because, now I’m working on projects and companies I like and truly believe in.
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how to create ideas

Creativity, Innovation, Storytelling

10 Ideas for Generating Ideas

Everyone’s idea well runs dry every once in a while. After 30+ years spent creating ideas, here are 10 ways to get new ideas flowing that have worked for me.

problem solving entrepreneurial mindset

Connecting, Creativity, Innovation

How to Solve the Problems You’re Facing Today

Today we face new problems. By using an entrepreneurial mindset, you can find new solutions to help you, your company or your clients succeed

Key to success

Creativity, Innovation, Marketing, New Business, Strategy

Everything Changed. The Key to Success Hasn’t

It may seem like everything has changed. But the way to succeed is the same: if you solve someone’s problems, you will be of value. There may be new problems, but that is your opportunity to come up with new solutions.

have to do vs. want to do

Creativity, Digital, Social Media, Work Life

What You Have to Do Vs. What You Want to Do

Sometimes what you want to do and what you have to do are in conflict. In tough times it may seem like you can’t pursue what you want, but it may be the exact right time to do it. Here’s why.

connecting during social distancing

Connecting, Messaging, Trends

How to Make Connections in a Socially Distant World

It’s hard to make connections when there are no in-person events or meetings to attend, but here a few ways you can connect right now.

make connections

Connecting, Digital, Trends, Work Life

Make Connections Now, Before You Need Them

One year ago, I was screwed. Over 25 years building something I thought would be my last job was suddenly no job. Connections I’d made many years before was my saving grace. Don’t get screwed. Start now

reopening business

Marketing, Strategy, Trends

Make Multiple Marketing Plans for Reopenning

With many businesses reopening soon after the long coronavirus lockdown, you need to prepare a marketing plan for each possible scenario

Creativity, Messaging, Storytelling

Will Your Business Survive These “Uncertain Times?”

Here are two ways your business can survive in the uncertain times: brand storytelling from a customer point of view and figuring out how to pivot and create something new