It seems hardly possible forty-two years ago two mavericks created ESPN. It started in Connecticut where some guys launched a new channel stiffly named, “Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.” Today, […]
Read more →What’s the point of endless self-exculpatory activity? The world will ultimately judge us by opinions and abstractions largely out of our control. Beryl Markham had it right: That’s what makes […]
Read more →March 3rd, 1991. Colorado Springs. Preparing to land, a United Airlines 585 unexpectedly plunges to the ground after the crew (via cock pit recorder) witnessed the previous air bus struggled […]
Read more →Viewing the NCAA Basketball Championships reminds us: “never quit too soon.” There is nothing less conclusive than the score at halftime. Sports, academics or a media job hanging in the […]
Read more →“Never spend a cent on any type of advertising until you first decide on how you’ll measure your ROI.” I had the pleasure of working with Chuck Mefford when we […]
Read more →”The only disability in life is a bad attitude” –Dale Carnegie Our neighbor Bruce is one of those people who ALWAYS beams a smile. With the people on our block […]
Read more →Several years ago Mel Gibson set out to make a film comeback. He became intensely inspired on discovering a World War II account of Conscientious Objector Desmond Doss who unarmed, […]
Read more →“You’ve got a few seconds – at best – to make a case for WHY they should keep listening to you. Make EVERY minute the best” – Karen Young – […]
Read more →More and more we’re asked, “What do you guys recommend for improving the climate in our building…it seems to have deteriorated over the past two years of the Covid era!” […]
Read more →The brilliant architect of Starbucks Howard Schultz looked back on his company’s early marketing era and was incredibly candid, not to mention enlightening. Schultz reminisced about seeing the first Starbuck’s […]
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