Ramblings From a Glass Half Full
A few years back I wrote that the “Real Secret of Life” was never growing up. What I’ve learned since then is that there should be an asterisk after that, with the following warning: “CAUTION, your rediscovered child-like wonder may take you to too many places at once” Indeed it can. Because it recently happened to me. I’ve always known …
I was thinking a lot about “success” today, and what it takes to get there, however we define it. Since I’m at that stage of my life where I have more of the road behind me than ahead of me, I have the benefit of a bigger and deeper rear view mirror. That look back …
I’m in Chicago today to prepare for my labor of love with my biz partner Liz Strauss, SOBCon Chicago 2011, which starts tomorrow (check out our website for more information, and here is the livestream of the event) Yesterday I was in Milwaukee visiting family, and while I was there I stopped at a Starbucks on …
Today (4/23) is William Shakespeare’s 447th birthday, and it’s amazing to observe how much of an impact his plays, written so long ago, still have in today’s world. I was introduced to the Bard in High School back in the late 70′s – in an English class dedicated to the study of several of his works. One …
Recently I sat down in Portland for an interview with Greg Hartle, author of the site “10 Dollars and a Laptop”. It was a wide ranging discussion that hit on several topics, but the core of it dealt with change and how to make it happen, even in a down economy. My very best thanks to …
It’s time. It’s time to merge two worlds together. The world of “Terry Starbucker” the blogger, Social Media, and SOBCon person, and the world of the other Terry – the one who came up with Terry Starbucker in the first place. Starbucker started out as no more than a screen name on a Blogger page back on December …
“There is no use trying”, said Alice. “One can’t believe impossible things”. “I dare say you haven’t had much practice”, said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – Lewis Carroll I read this quote …
As someone who came of age in the early 80′s, every now and then a certain song pops into my head from that era – “Jack and Diane”, by John Mellencamp. Yesterday was one of those days, and as I walked the streets of Portland on a great sunny morning, that steady beat and the …
Ready, set, GO! The calendar has once again given us a “new lease on life” – a chance to restart and renew. So what are we going to do with this opportunity? Plenty. That is, if we have the desire and the will to want to improve, or climb another rung up the ladder, or make a change. And that’s …
It was the day before Thanksgiving, 1981. I was in the back seat of my 1974 Oldsmobile ’98, sleeping soundly after driving most of the night. Four college buddies and I started in San Antonio the day before, stopped in St. Louis to drop of three off, and now it was just …
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