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The Meeting That Saved My Career

Almost two years ago today, I sat down with Michele Miller and she shook me out of a whining, wandering, meandering, namby-pamby funk. She told me a lot of things that day. She scolded and shook and snapped me the heck out of a dangerously downward spiral.
Michele Miller kept me from working at Best [...]

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House Money, Four Little Words & The Night Everything Changed

Yesterday, as I planned my week ahead, I initially chose to write about strategic planning this morning. I owe you parts two through five of a simple way to make strategic planning doable. I was stressed about the week ahead – a monstrous to-do list as our practice and levels of responsibility continue to grow.
Then, [...]

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It Sounds Easy: A Million-Dollar Radio Presentation

If you work for a radio station, I’m about to offer you a million-dollar idea for free. Please take it and run with my blessings and love for your medium:
Before I was a Partner in Wizard of Ads, I invented a business model that helped my small-market radio company add an additional $1,000,000 in local-direct, [...]

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It's not too late. Start doing more stuff.

Sweet Sassafras, this is good. Review Seth Godin’s “Is it too late to catch up?” It’s got bullet points and everything.
I’ve been out on the fringe of basecamp, but I’m going to check it out over the weekend and see how I can practically apply its stuff. I’ll let you know.
I muchly prefer Emma to [...]

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We Have Winners! Will’s 10 Rules …

Last week, I asked you to help my five-year-old son, Will, and me come up with 10 Simple Rules for Being a Big Boy.
It was difficult sifting through the fine, fine suggestions posted both here and on facebook and through twitter.
But, Will was up to the task of selecting the simplest, bestest, biggest 10 that [...]

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