I got to meet Gary Vaynerchuk who is one of my idols at a book tour in Berkeley tonight. Tyler was really good for the first twenty minutes of his presentation, but I decided to take him outside to play because I could tell I was pushing my luck. In Gary's book (only a quarter of the way through it) he talks about making family first, so I was living that tonight! Gary was extremely...
How Scott Adams transformed workplace frustration into one of the world's most beloved comic strips In the corporate world of the 1980s, a frustrated office worker sat in seemingly endless meetings, doodling caricatures of his managers and coworkers to stay awake. Those idle sketches would eventually evolve into one of the most successful comic strips of all time: Dilbert. Scott Adams never set out to be a cartoonist. His original dream was to climb the...
Now that I am reading lots of kids books again, it is interesting to look at what we teach children and what we end up doing with the information as we become older. When growing up we tend to learn to forget what is possible, we better understand our capabilities, we doubt ourselves, we let others tell us what we can and cannot do. When you ask a young child if they can do something,...
Lessons in maintaining hunger and drive from Billy Mays, Sylvester Stallone, and the world's top performers The relentless pursuit of excellence means never losing your hunger for success Last week, I was watching Pitchmen on the Discovery Channel because they were playing every episode in the series, which allowed me a chance to watch all of them (filled up my DVR). It is a great show and I really like Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan,...
Stromberg Consulting Presentation Target and Best Buy are using Stromberg Consulting to help with their branding strategy Brand + Reputation + Perception = Today's Reality Employees, customers, and stakeholders are all seeking much more transparency in the relationships that they have with companies. Branding Good brand = promise Great brand = promise kept From the moment we are born we are all in networks. Some of us even find love through our networks. Stories travel...
The World is Flat Friedman's 10 Forces That Flattened the World I am hearing some good things about Friedman's book and hope to some day get a chance to read it. Wikipedia has a summary of the ten "flatteners" that Friedman sees as leveling the global playing field: Join the Discussion Which of Friedman's "flatteners" do you think has had the most impact on our global economy? Have you observed these forces changing your industry?