Feature Article #1

Total Twitter Capitulation

I’ve fallen into Twitter and I can’t get up. Nor do I want to.
I’ve capitulated.
It was only six months ago that I expressed, right on this blog, my reservations about Twitter:
“I admit I’ve had mixed feelings about Twitter myself - I registered many months ago, but have really yet to post to it. Between […]

Starbucker | May 9th, 2008| 6 comments | Continued

Feature Article #2

The (Great) View From the Road: A Rocky Mountain High

One of the great benefits of my day job is the chance to drive around the states of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. I have grown to very much appreciate the scenic beauty of this Rocky Mountain region, and have had many opportunities to capture this grandeur on film.
I finally had an opportunity to […]

Starbucker | April 24th, 2008| 5 comments | Continued

Feature Article #3

The Key Ingredient to Sustained Success? Calvin Had it Right

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about complacency - that common side effect of either perceived or actual success.   The definition of “complacent” says it all:
“pleased, esp. with oneself or one’s merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied”
We’re so focused sometimes at the goal itself, we don’t […]

Starbucker | April 19th, 2008| 3 comments | Continued

Feature Article #4

John Adams and the Stubbornness of Facts

A few years ago (pre-blogging) I really enjoyed reading the book “John Adams” by David McCullough, so it’s been no surprise that I’ve been enthralled by the HBO miniseries of the same name that is in the middle of its seven episode run.
The courage, intelligence, eloquence, and tenacity of Adams and our founding fathers was […]

Starbucker | April 3rd, 2008| 0 comments | Continued

Feature Article #5

Starbucker’s Six Keys to Great Leadership

It’s a new day in “Starbuckerland” - my flu has finally broken, the sun is shining, and I’m ready to resume sharing my 26 years of accumulated business wisdom.
It’s great to be back!!
Before I do that, one more thing - Happy 61st Birthday, Elton!
I’ve spent a great deal of time with my staff in […]

Starbucker | March 26th, 2008| 1 comment | Continued

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I’m a native Midwesterner now living on the East Coast, spreading “realistic optimism” through a philosophy I call “Half-Fullism“. I’ve been in the business world for over 25 years in various leadership positions, most recently as a senior operations executive for a service business based in the Rocky Mountain west.
I am a […]

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“We’ve Got the Dreamers Disease”: Reflections on SOBCon08

It happened on the plane over to Chicago.
The excitement, the anticipation, and the nervousness over what was about to come.
SOBCon08. Showtime!
Like last year, I had fears that people wouldn’t come, the facility would be bad, the food would stink, and I would make a fool of myself at the podium.
Liz Strauss had put […]

5May2008 | Starbucker | 32 comments | Continued

SOBCon08, As it is Happening

Hi all - I’m sitting at the Summit Executive Center in Chicago, just before the first session of SOBCon08. There’s great excitement here as we are about to start the “Biz School For Bloggers”.
I’ll be posting more when I get back home, but in the meantime here are some pictures from […]

3May2008 | Starbucker | 1 comment | Continued

E-mail and The Decline of Western Civilization: An Open Letter

April 29, 2008
To the Loyal Readers of RFGHF
Anyplace, Anywhere in the Virtual World
My Dear Readers,
Last night my wife and I watched the final installment of the brilliant “John Adams” mini-series on HBO. The episode featured the amazing letters that Adams and Thomas Jefferson wrote each other during the final chapters in their lives.
Hand-written […]

29Apr2008 | Starbucker | 18 comments | Continued

The Half Full Book Review: “Personality Not Included” by Rohit Bhargava

Should a business have a “face”? Should an enterprise exhibit human-like traits to set it apart from straight-laced, by the book and bureaucracy-deep “corporations”?
The answer to these two questions is unequivocally “yes”, according to the excellent book “Personality Not Included” by Rohit Bhargava.
(click Starbucker’s Amazon Store to find out how to […]

15Apr2008 | Starbucker | 1 comment | Continued

See Starbucker on a Boat (Again) at SOBCon08!

I have to tell you, I’m not a nautical person. I can’t even swim (that’s a long story). It’s quite the rare occasion that I set foot on a boat.
It has to be a pretty special deal to entice me to hit the high seas - for example, last weekend, I mustered up […]

11Apr2008 | Starbucker | 11 comments | Continued

Is Blogging Hazardous to Your Health?

Last week, in my shameless plea for a book deal of my own, I noted that blogging had become “mainstream” because it’s now being written about in the NY Times Style section.
Today, we went beyond mainstream - blogging made the FRONT PAGE of the NY Times!
That’s good. What wasn’t so good was the subject […]

6Apr2008 | Starbucker | 3 comments | Continued