I really miss missives. People used to take time to make thoughtful letters. Funny, sad, instructive. When it took some effort in the doing, people spent time getting it right. You’d think with all the trouble folks seem to have crafting a good email marketing campaign, the effort would make them take care to make something decent. But I’m not talking about email marketing. I’m talking about missives. I’m rusty, I’ll get better, and I’m trying… Continue Reading
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The Myth of “Sure-Fire” Solutions
You have to be willing to take the plunge, and you have to be willing to do it without a net. That’s what it means to be an artisan: to give your love to your work, to commit yourself with no guarantee of your love being reciprocated, to take the leap of faith. Continue Reading
The Powder Keg of Awesome Episode 74: Wine Wednesday with Christine Trice
Welcome to our new monthly feature, Wine Wednesday with Christine Trice (you know, the one from OMG Wines)! Christine has joined us a few times in the past, and we decided it would be fun to get together on the first Wednesday of every month to talk about wine and work and whatever else crosses our minds. Continue Reading
Don’t Get Frustrated, Get Better
If there was a way for me to get in shape without having to do the work, you’d better believe I’d be the first in line to buy it, no matter the cost. As it turns out, though, the only way I can get healthy is by putting in the work. The often painful, often frustrating work. I can’t wish for it, hope for it, pray for it, or visualize it; I have to work for it.
So do you. Continue Reading
Powder Keg Podcast: Francisco Dao
Listen to internet radio with The Powder Keg of Awesome on Blog Talk Radio Today, we got to meet Francisco Dao. Francisco is the founder of 50Kings, a private community for technology and media innovators. He is a former leadership columnist for Inc.com, a lifelong entrepreneur, author, and former stand-up comic. We recently learned about… Continue Reading
Eyes Too Big
When I was a little kid, the older folks – nearly ALL of them – had a saying they’d lay on me whenever I tried to impress at a gathering by piling food in heaps upon my plate, trying to express my maturity by emulating the appetites of the adults and the bigger kids, “Mmm… Continue Reading
Convergence Is Kinda Cool
This one’s for newbies and those of us leveling up into new heights… There once was a time when creative and technical and executive were not supposed to co-mingle in a business. Art in business? Artisan business? Hell, co-mingle? They weren’t even supposed to inhabit the same place. That far away time was… today. No,… Continue Reading
WTF is Business Behavioral?
In our inaugural article about Business Behavioral issues, Jackie, Jerry, and Michael riff about archetypes and challenges familiar to most folks trying to keep their heads on fairly straight while running their businesses. Read through these and see if any have ever applied to you or someone you know. Love to hear what you’ve got… Continue Reading