Tag Archives: risk taking
Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?
I’m reading a GREAT book by Robert Greene titled “The 33 Strategies of War.” One of his chapters deals with a creating a sense of urgency and desperation. He states at the beginning of this chapter: “You are your own worst enemy. You waste precious time dreaming of the future instead of engaging in the [...]
Quote of the Week: Apple
My team and I are close to finishing our first deliverable for a new client: a comprehensive social media and website audit. This is only the beginning. The next steps are to develop an integrated, strategic marketing plan to grow and leverage their Internet presence with the goal of saving lives! Truly, a project we [...]
Blue Ocean Strategy for Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs
In today’s competitive business environment, companies are constantly looking for ways to continually gain an edge in order to improve their competitiveness and differentiate themselves from the competition. As a result, management teams are researching and applying the latest management systems into its operations. One such management system gaining notoriety and acceptance is the Blue [...]
Leaders vs. Managers
Who are leaders? Who are managers? What are the differences? How important are these differences? These are questions I ask myself all of the time. As I mentioned before, I love to read. And I love to read for a purpose. Currently, I’m reading F.A. Manske’s Secrets of Effective Leadership: A Practical Guide to Success. [...]
Unplug, Clear Out, Kick In
It’s bad. Every day seems the same. I’m at the point now that I don’t even know what day of the week it is. It’s October, right? What happened to September? 2009? Let’s face it. I’ve been working non-stop for a year now. And I mean non-stop. Vacation? I accumulate vacation days, but nothing more. [...]
Different Paths
I have the privilege to manage a multi-year, multi-million engagement that supports one of the offices within the Department of Health and Human Services. My team makes a number of things happen such as web design and development, IT support, database development, call center operations, plain language web writing, print design, social media marketing, [...]
Is Too Much Reading Bad For You?
Let me start off my saying that I love to read. I’ll read anything I can get my hands on. This includes books (I enjoy the business variety), newspapers, magazines (Fast Company is a must), blogs, tweets, retweets, status reports, RFPs, street signs, funny t-shirts, takeout menus, movie credits, and even those tags one finds [...]
