Posts Tagged ‘ making it ’

Getting Paid to do what you love — bad idea?

I’m in a LOST frenzy as the series is winding up (and getting so good!) so it’s worth revisiting why this show rocks. I recently discovered in the frenetic wake of all things LOST, that one of the bands that is referenced from down in the Hatch back in Season 2 named Geronimo Jackson, actually put [ READ MORE ]

Denim Therapy – Simply Brilliant

If you’ve ever worn through your favorite pair of jeans and had to part ways because of the “damaged” relationship then you need therapy – Denim Therapy that is. It’s a brilliant concept that fills a huge need/gap/service in the consumer services space.  I actually used Denim Therapy recently to repair one of my favorite [ READ MORE ]

Taking your medicine….frogs style – Fast Company interpretation

One of our favorite zines Fast Company posted a nice little article on taking your medicine first everyday. While it’s a different interpretation using a frog analogy the core theme is the same. Do what’s most annoying or difficult first in the day and then rest of your day can only get better. Try it. [ READ MORE ]

Friday Question :: Who ‘gets’ it?

Mentioned it before, but I think everyone can agree to the point that Malcolm Gladwell’s comments about in Outliers, that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert in something.  Raw skill and talent is just the basic building block and a given.  Everyone who has the potential to be very successful has raw skill [ READ MORE ]

Taking your medicine

Earlier this week I met with a great group of individuals about this new crazy thing they are doing.  They just wanted guidance on their strategy and I was lucky enough to be asked to help them.  As we chatted more and more we kept gravitating to the same topics and ignoring this other [ READ MORE ]

Self-Stuck

Listening to the radio (I’m as shocked as you are) this morning and heard ‘You Get What You Give‘ by The New Radicals. Even over a decade later, the song is still damn catchy and getting airtime.  This song was their debut single off of their 1st (and what would turn out to be their only [ READ MORE ]