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When I was a kid, we had lots of art supplies — crayons, markers, colored pencils, water color paints, even pastels — and the holy grail of elementary school drawing: Mr. Sketch scented markers. Unfortunately I never wanted to use them for fear they’d run out of ink. Yeah I clearly had some issues. Well [...]
Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace was recommended in The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. Author Gordon MacKenzie was a 30-year veteran of Hallmark, and offers up a unique perspective on navigating the corporate landscape and climbing the proverbial ladder. It’s clear from the very beginning this [...]
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It was the summer of 2005. I can’t remember the exact text message my friend sent me, but it was something along the lines of: “Up $5k for the month.” What?! I knew immediately what he was talking about: affiliate marketing. Here I was having just moved all the way across the country to start [...]
Welcome to 2010! It sounds so futuristic. Sometimes I make New Year’s Resolutions. Sometimes I even write them down. But the more I think about it, the more I think they’re dumb. If something is worth doing, why wait for an arbitrary change in the date to start? The tradition of New Year’s Resolutions dates [...]
It’s been a great year with so much to be thankful for. I figure Thanksgiving is a good a time as any to reflect on all the blessings we have. Happy and healthy. Still self-employed. Wonderful friends and family. Couldn’t ask for much more. And then there was the food :) -Nick
I had a hard time getting into Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo From Maslow. It started slow but picked up steam about half way in. Peak is written by San Francisco boutique hotelier Chip Conley, and was one of the books gifted to me during my Zappos tour. The premise of the book [...]
