OMAHA, NE – Well, it’s here: Warren Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway. While you can read for yourselves Mr. Buffett’s sober predictions of the economy being “in shambles throughout 2009 – and, for that matter, probably well beyond,” job seekers can learn something about…
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Statistics On Advertising During a Recession
I think Seth Godin outlined marketing’s Catch 22 best in his book The Purple Cow (and I am paraphrasing here): When times are tough the tendancy is to conserve capital vs. when times are good the tendancy is to not be aggressive.
As marketers we are so often faced with the dilemma of having to cut…
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How to Be the Champion
As my high school history teacher Tom “Moto” Pile used to challenge we students: He used to goad…
Do you have what it takes? Do you have mox….ie?!
Are you gonna suck it up, or are you too laz…y!?
You gotta have gump…tion! You gotta want it!
In re-telling, it sounds abusive. But it was actu…
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Now Is When You’re Waiting For
Many of us have been waiting for the right moment. The right moment to… ask the boss for a raise; find a job that’s more satisfying; pitch your new product idea; propose; start writing your book; launch your own blog; suggest that better way of doing things….
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You May Be Wrecking Your Own Innovation
Innovative ideas – the kind that can transform your company – are inadvertently being demolished. When first presented, many ideas meet wrecking-ball comments such as…
“How’s that going to work?”
“Good luck getting that done!”
“We don’t have time for something like that.” And the classic,
“Doesn’t…
Friday, June 15, 2007
Do You Have the Skills Needed to Work Across Borders?
I like to think I do but it requires all of these traits, and more.
And don’t fool yourself for a second thinking that the smarter you are, the more effective you will be in a country other than your homeland. Brainpower is not everything here. It helps but the softer skills such energy, enthusi…
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You Need Marketing Bootcamp!
World class cellists and pianists descend on Meadowmount boot camp, located in Westport, N.Y., every year for a grueling summer of practice, drills and more practice. And these are some of the world’s very best and up and coming talents. If the world’s best musicians need the rigors and training of…
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Thought Leaders & Gurus: Too Big for Their Niches
I just don’t understand why people love the words “guru” and “thought-leader”….
Whenever I see these words used by the business press, or more likely, on various Web sites, I always think of the warlocks in the HG Wells classic The Time Machine, where a horn sounds and all these people move like…
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