Last night Gorgeous and I had a date night and we went to see the movie Amazing Grace. All I can say is Wow. Talk about a powerful movie. It tells the story of William Wilberforce who was the main driver in Parliament behind ending slavery in Great Britain at the turn of the 19th … Read more about Lessons in Amazing Grace
Visionary Cat Herding Princes of Execution
That last post about the quote I saw on Twitter generated quite a discussion about the difference in rolls between the Visionaries and the Princes(ses) of Execution. Tariq Khan and Karin Hermans in particular wrestled with the question can you move (or move someone) from one category to the … Read more about Visionary Cat Herding Princes of Execution
Momentary Flashes of Twitter Brilliance
Twitter is all the rage these days. Several big blogging names are fully on board tweeting away. And a few others have not embraced the idea. The die hard Twitter converts would probably add a "yet" at the end of that last sentence. We'll see. Fortunately for me their IM connectivity is still not … Read more about Momentary Flashes of Twitter Brilliance
An Open Letter To the “New” AT&T
Dear AT&T I awoke this morning to a very unpleasant example of your apparent unilateral corporate heavy handedness. And I'm not happy about it. I have been a contented BellSouth customer for many years. In fact, yesterday was my 9th wedding anniversary and we first opened our BellSouth … Read more about An Open Letter To the “New” AT&T
CREEating Value – 21 March 2007
CREEating Value - About once a week I go through my feed reader and pull out a few gems that bring value to you as a business blogger. We're overdue 'cause I sorta skipped last week. (oops!) And I am personally going through a bit of a challenging week on the non-blogging front. So today I … Read more about CREEating Value – 21 March 2007
Success Principle #12 – The Words We Choose to Use Make a Difference
The Problem The other day I was cruising around some top quality bloggage when I happened across Kent Blumberg's place. Kent talks a lot about leadership principles, which is why I keep an eye on his blog. Anyway he was talking about a great leadership idea that the Japanese use that's having … Read more about Success Principle #12 – The Words We Choose to Use Make a Difference
Sunday Morning Goodness – 18 March 2007
Just poking around my feed reader this morning and there is so much great stuff out there you oughtta see. For example, Ben Yoskovitz is helping out folks just getting started with blogging with his pair of posts, 10 Questions To Ask Before Launching Your Blog and 10 Things To Do After You Launch … Read more about Sunday Morning Goodness – 18 March 2007
Frittering Time Away all a-Titter with the Twitter Jitters
Warning: If even think you might have a hint of an addictive personality you're going to want to skip this post. Just come on back tomorrow when we are talking about something safer for you. I don't want to be the one who leads you astray. I'm serious. If that's you don't read this. Unless … Read more about Frittering Time Away all a-Titter with the Twitter Jitters
And the Winner is QUALITY!
The results are in. We started last week by asking the question Quantity vs Quality - Which is Better? We had a lively discussion about it. Several of you really wanted me to add a "Both" choice on the poll. But that would have been too easy. Of course everyone wants both. Heck, we all … Read more about And the Winner is QUALITY!
How to Stay on Course During Life’s Storms
It started early yesterday morning. The cell phone never seems to be more than three feet from me, even when I'm sleeping at night. Especially at night. Its incredibly loud ringing shattered my sleep about an hour before the alarm was set to go off. The phone is always set on the loudest … Read more about How to Stay on Course During Life’s Storms
Virtual Conference is Today!
Today is the day. You'll want to head on over to Successful-Blog and check out the virtual conference. 12 Speakers. All day. Chock full of bloggy goodness. And don't forget the SOBCon '07 Special going on today only. If you are looking at attending, Registration today is $100 off! … Read more about Virtual Conference is Today!
Conference Double Whammy!
OK. This is too cool! Have you gotten info about a conference but you couldn't go? Maybe cost was an issue or your schedule wouldn't allow you to take the time away. Well Liz Strauss over at Successful-Blog is doing something to remove those barriers. She's hosting a Virtual Conference on … Read more about Conference Double Whammy!
