I am fortunate to have Sterling as one of my mentors since 2003. I met him at a time when I needed him most but did not know that I needed him. It has been a special relationship and I cherish that. Sterling Lanier is a Group Chair for Vistage, the pre-eminent organization for the… Continue reading
Date Archives → February 2007
Quought for the Day #48 – Dr. Kirsten Harrell
Dr. Kirsten Harrell is a psychologist who is passionate about helping people connect with their essential spirit and use the power of positive thinking to transform their lives and create health, happiness, and success. She has combined her expertise in positive psychology, stress management, mind-body therapies, and spirituality to provide cutting edge services to individuals… Continue reading
Quought for the Day #47 – Delaney Kirk
Delaney J. Kirk, Ph.D., SPHR, is a Professor of Management at Drake University with 25 years of teaching experience. She has conducted teaching workshops at numerous academic conferences and schools including Columbia University, Duke University, University of Washington, University of Arkansas-Ft Smith, Graceland University, and Metropolitan Community College. She was the featured expert for the… Continue reading
Quought for the Day #46 – Paul Graham
Paul Graham is an essayist, programmer, and programming language designer. In 1995 he developed with Robert Morris the first web-based application, Viaweb, which was acquired by Yahoo in 1998. In 2002 he described a simple Bayesian spam filter that inspired most current filters. He’s currently working on a new programming language called Arc, a new… Continue reading
Point to ponder: Your last few phone calls
Yesterday when you called one of your friends, did you want something from them or did you have something for them? What about last week? What about last month? What about last year? If you analyze your phone calls (that you initiated) in the last six months, what percentage of them were requests for something… Continue reading
Brandon at BizBookTalk giving away 5 copies of "Beyond Code"
Brandon at BizBookTalk gives away business books on Fridays. This Friday, he is giving away five(5) copies of “Beyond Code” To enter, you have to answer the following question (from his blog post) What are important qualities/traits an individual should encompass in order to distinguish themselves? (Answers like hard worker, honest, passionate, ect. don’t fit… Continue reading
Quought for the day #45 – Jodee Bock
Jodee is a certified Life Purpose and Career Coach who supports individuals and teams in succeeding in whatever they are committed to accomplishing. She has spent more than 15 years in many facets of Corporate America, including newspaper editor, sports information director, corporate communicator, PR manager, corporate trainer, and management consultant. Jodee is one of… Continue reading
Quought for the day #44 – Drew McLellan
Drew McLellan has not only survived 20 years in the advertising and marketing arena, he’s thrived in it. After working for several other agencies, including Young and Rubicam’s CMF&Z, Drew created McLellan Marketing Group in 1995. At MMG, strategy and passion collide as they bring their unique style and practical smarts to life for their… Continue reading
Quought for the day #43 – Mike Wagner
As founder and president of White Rabbit Group, Mike has focused his energies on creating a model of branding every business leader can grasp and apply to their organization: Brand Ownership. Mike’s understanding of creative and competitive business cultures was formed at Franklin Covey and Saturn where he witnessed how brand critical standards resulted in… Continue reading
Accepting the data does not mean that you need to accept the claims…
Seth points us to the new ranking based on our attention called “Compete Attention 200” Please read Seth’s post -“Meaningless to two decimal places” before reading this as what Seth says on this kind of ranking is VERY important. I have another perspective on this data. Let us forget the top 200. Let us just… Continue reading