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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Hey, I’m a Blogger Too - Where’s My Book Deal?
Yesterday my day started innocently enough - with a hot cup of coffee and my Sunday NY Times. I pulled out my reading glasses (a relatively new necessity bowing to my age) and settled into my chair, hoping to learn just a little bit more about the world and times I live in.
My eyes [...]
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 [...]
Win $2,000 Worth of Prizes in the Latest SOBCon08 Contest
Hi all - I’m still in the middle of a very slow recovery from a nasty flu bug, but I did want to pass along this exciting news - Liz Strauss, Blog Catalog and Chrisg have announced the SOBCon Authority Blogger contest. What a list of prizes!
First, a $1000 budget to pay for SOBCon08 registration and [...]
Nasty Colds and Half-Fullism
I haven’t blogged in a few days, because I recently came down with some kind of cold/flu that has really knocked me for a loop.
I actually had to leave work early yesterday, which I can’t recall doing in the last 15 years.
After some needed rest, I’m back in the office but still pretty far from [...]
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