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nothing improves your product faster

In my experience, a great customer isn’t just one that buys that your stuff. A great customer is one that also raises your game. …

the best feelings

The great contemporary Buddhist teacher Lama Marut has a very nice maxim: “If you want be happy, think about other people. If you want to be …

caring

We are fed a lot of silly myths in school, especially on what it takes to be successful in the adult world. We are …

google

Why would you want to separate the little guys from the big ones? Because your moonshot already paid off. Now it’s time to give the …

I got sick of the culture

When there was no Internet to speak of, I spent a lot of time checking out different “cultures”. Rock bands, books, new clubs and …

let my phone

Oh Great. Of course this is a parody of a parody. 🙂 The idea of inspirational posters for business was popularized by Successories of Boca Raton, Fla. …

conversation starter

A decade ago, my old social media buddy, the anthropologist Jyri Engestrom, gave me a great insight about the power of “Social Objects”. People don’t …

#employmentux

To say that there’s a connection between customer well-being, employee well-being, and company well-being is hardly new. What IS new, is a term that …

mission drives the business

When you’re in business, you’re perpetually looking for a positive outcome. This could be more money, more innovation, more sales, more clients, more publicity, whatever. …

spare time

Where do we find the time, and solitude to do our work- you know, the stuff that we are actually paid to do? Not …

public/private self

The trouble with being successful is that it’s exhausting. Not to mention, stressful. Not to mention, overly complicated. Not to mention… well, you know. …