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?
Oh, The Places You'll Go! Life Wisdom from Dr. Seuss "Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go. You'll look up and down streets. Look'em over with care. About...
Free, Digital, and Accessible to All My First Long Form Blog I've been writing down a few topics in draft form and adding to them as I have time. That may be good news or bad news, depending on if you like to read long posts. Please know with all blog posts that my ideas are just that, ideas. Society tends to want to think the way it has always been taught, but change is...