This morning I was cut off in traffic by a guy driving a company truck for a pest control service. I won’t say who, because it’s not relevant and God forbid they, or someone they know, actually read my blog. He was driving like an idiot and I wasn’t the only person he cut off […]
This is part of an article I wrote a few years ago for FMQB. I recently read something on facebook that made me think of this paragraph: We can’t continue to look at building radio "stars" the same way we once did. Traditionally, you interned, got a part time job in promotions or on the weekends, and […]
The expression "do me" means something different than when I was a kid. Nowadays rappers use those words to express their need to keep it real and be themselves. When I was a kid, it was a line from a Bel Biv Devoe song. (nobody wears a Swatch watch anymore by the way) Often I […]
Things people have said to me over the years… People remember movie quotes, something influential that they read from some passage of a book or a random tweet from some motivational speaker; resurrecting something that Mark Twain or Zig Ziglar once said. Great quotes stick. Sometimes it’s not the words, but the inflection of those […]
Chances are your employer probably only knows half of what you do for them. It’s not a knock on your boss. Often times you are holding a position that they have never held or haven’t done in quite some time. Things change, as does the evolution of your position. When it comes time to start […]
Whenever I go to theme parks or places where there is a large audience of people, my patience is tested as I weave in and out of traffic trying to get to my destination or get my wife and kids to an area where there are fewer people to bump into. I’m not anti social […]
Living in fear of losing what you have is a terrible way to spend your career. This happens to people that become comfortable or just want to squeeze a few more years out of their vocation before “the next guy” comes along and takes their place. Why would you want to spend the next few […]
When it comes to talent-Education needs to be both shared and sought. I am always trying to better myself through education. Reading books, blogs, talking with other creative/smart people, etc. I expect and encourage that same behavior from other members of the team. We need to always work to set goals, share those goals and […]
Rudyard Kipling is probably my favorite writer of all time. Kipling has written The Jungle Book, Ticky Ticky Tavi and Gunga Din just to name a few. There are several takeaways from this piece that can be applied to most management challenges. I often reflect upon "IF" when I am having moments where I might […]
There's is a famous quip: "A lot of people in business say they have twenty years' experience, when in fact all they really have is one year's experience, repeated twenty times". Something to consider when you or someone you work with speaks of their "vast experience". Don't be that person. If you are going to […]